Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann left the hospital with only minor injuries after the first accident in Red Bull Air Race history left him upside-down in the Swan River in Perth, Australia.
Rescue divers rush to the aid of Adilson Kindlemann of Brazil after he crashes into the Swan River during the Red Bull Air Race Training day on April 15, 2010 in Perth, Australia. Photo: Cameron Spencer / Getty Images for Red Bull Air Race
Kindlemann was maneuvering during practice April 15 when the tail of his MXS-R propeller airplane touched the surface of the water, the air race said in a statement. The right wing then clipped the surface and the 540-kg airplane flipped, leaving Kindlemann inverted in the Swan River. The 11,000-hour airline pilot escaped without serious injury, thanks to emergency rescue crews who pulled him from the submerged cockpit and had him in an ambulance within minutes.
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