Posted on 07/15/2009 3:32:07 AM PDT by forkinsocket
The traditional throwing of a bride's bouquet for luck ended in disaster at an Italian wedding when the flowers caused a plane to crash.
The bride and groom had hired a microlight plane to fly past and throw the bouquet to a line of women guests, Corriere della Sera reported.
However, the flowers were sucked into the plane's engine causing it to catch fire and explode.
The aircraft plunged into a hostel. One passenger on the plane was badly hurt.
But about 50 people who had been in the hostel escaped unscathed, as did the pilot.
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Who said weddings were not dangerous?
Wow, talk about bad omens.
Just as well. The garter was being flown in on Southwest.
How awful! I’m glad no one was hurt.
I can’t stop laughing.
Funniest story in weeks.
One passenger on the plane was badly hurt.
I hope the injured party makes a full recovery. In cases like this the pilot needs to walk away saying, “That went pretty well, don’t you think?”
That is sad. It is really sad. I sincerely do hope he or she gets better. I wish the bridal couple well.
Hate it when that happens.
That’s what I was thinking.
They have that saying, that if it rains on your wedding day it’s a good day (like all the tears are over with on that day).
But there is just no way to spin something like causing a plane crash into a good omen.
I had never heard that saying. My British rooted family say, “Happy the bride the sun smiles on”.
You got that right. Guess that’s where the old admonition to “keep it simple” came from. When I was a Boy Scout leader we were admonished by those who did the training that “a well-executed “Plan B” is typically better than the grandiose “plan A” that never gets done - or in this case - that brings down the plane...
I’ve heard that one, too.
I think people try to spin just about anything into a good sign on a wedding day. Talk about a sign of cold feet!
“Hey, a cat just jumped onto the wedding cake and tore it to pieces!” “That’s a good sign. It means that no mountain lion will ever attack either bride or groom!”
God I hate when that happens.
My son is getting married next June. Now I have a good luck saying for rain or shine. I’ll be praying for the sun though as the wedding is outdoors. ;)
Congrats to all.
Hope it’s beautiful weather for the celebration.
Thank you.
My girlfriend and I have decided the rain thing is an old wive’s tale created for the sole purpose of stanching the tears of Bridezilla when it rains on her wedding day.
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