Yikes!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/7951392/Pilot-survives-after-wing-snaps-off-plane.html

probably would have been a different outcome without a parachute.

I imagine there might have been a change of underwear after that one.

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To add insult to injury the plane caught on fire after it hit the ground.

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I crapped my pants just watching the video.

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To put it delicately: do ya thing the parachute automatically deploys if the seat senses a change in presure?

Seeing how slick the parachute worked, i wonder why all planes don't have them?

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The link to Lauer's interview
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38752427#38752427