Plane Crash Filmed From Cockpit

Incredible footage from inside a light aircraft as it crashes into trees close to the mountains of Idaho. Amazingly, all four on board survived! UNDATED (CBS) — Some remarkable video surfaced on YouTube this week. It shows a small plane crashing in the Idaho mountains. What makes this video extraordinary is that it was shot from the cockpit, showing us what the pilot and passengers saw. Of all the videos posted on line, when one pops up claiming to show a plane crash from inside the cockpit it comes with a healthy dose of skepticism. But this was all very real. Looking at what’s left of the vintage 1947 Stinson, it’s a wonder anyone survived. But all four on board did and so did their footage. Tol Gropp says, “Maybe we shouldn’t have taken off that day, but at the time, everything was good.” Tol Gropp is the pilot’s son. They and two friends took off from a tiny airport near Stanley Idaho back in June with clear skies and beautiful mountain terrain. They had brought along cameras to capture the moment. Everyone was smiling during takeoff, even though the plane seemed to be struggling for lift in the hot air. Just four minutes into the flight, Tol noticed they weren’t getting any higher than about 70 feet above the treetops. He says, “I still felt even as I saw us coming closer to the trees that my dad would pull us out of it, and that we’d be ok.” His dad was an experienced pilot. He had flown in Vietnam; why be worried? But then the plane started to lose altitude. Alex <b>…</b>

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