US lawyer survives shooting and plane crash

Title

US lawyer survives shooting and plane crash

Genre

News report

TX Date

14 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Paul Woodley reports on an American pilot of a small plane, lawyer Thomas Root, who had been shot and crashed into the sea off the Bahamas, yet managed to survive. Its still a mystery how and when he was shot. Includes interviews with Hollywood Police Chief Richard Witt on what could have happened and Andrew Olsten of US National Transportation Safety Board on the pilot’s exceptional survival. For Update programme.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Richard Witt; Andrew Olsten

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; Police; Aeroplanes; Lawyers; Florida; Crashes (aircraft); Update (radio programme); Thomas Root; Bahamas

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