Wedding Bouquet Causes Plane To Crash At Italian Wedding

A bride and groom who had planned to add a creative touch to the bouquet-throwing tradition accidentally caused a plane to crash in Italy, BBC reports. The pair had hired a small plane to fly past the women attendees and throw the flowers to them at Montioni park in Suvereto, near Livorno. Instead, the plane's engine sucked the flowers up and subsequently caught on fire and exploded. The plane plunged into a hostel, injuring one but not killing anyone.

A passenger on the aircraft, named as Isidoro Pensieri, 44, had the job of throwing the bouquet as pilot Luciano Nannelli flew past. It is believed the bunch of flowers became entangled as it was thrown, and was sucked into one of the engines.

Ms Pensieri suffered multiple fractures and a head injury. She was taken to hospital in Grosseto by helicopter and then transferred to another in Pisa, Italian media reported.

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[FallenAngelII]

No doubt caused by some European gay marriages.

[RobinSeattle]

I expect to see this in a movie soon.

Truth stranger than fiction.

[AdV2k1]

i'm glad that everyone is ok. Sounds sweet and romantic

[Judyisacutie]

head injury = not okay

[Palemoon]

What kind of small passenger plane has engines to the rear of the passenger cabin? Must have been one of those little corporate microjet things like Honda makes?

[MalloMel]

The fact that the engine sucked the flowers up would indicate that it was a jet. Now, what idiot would throw flowers from a jet, especially if the engines are in the back and could suck them up? Anyway, something about this story doesn't sound right, as described.

[Big0725]

Sounds like contestants for this year's Darwin Awards!

[Judyisacutie]

They didn't die so they don't make the cut. Wow, the way you think...

[OkieIntellectual]

Boy, talk about pulling a "Homer"... DOH!

[madHenry]

Was that a Fiat?

[dynwitch]

Hope the doctors spay and neuter these two while they're in the hospital. It's probably better to remove their genes from the human gene pool.

[marlovian]

La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento

[Whinger]

An ill thought out stunt gone wrong, thankfully no one was killed, a speedy recovery to the injured.

[davidwayneosedach]

What a stupid stunt! Hope they have to pay for it.

[wm1066]

Isn't the bride supposed to throw the flowers? isn't her "luck" in the flowers that the women catch?
And why wouldn't the bride want to be the one that throws the flowers? Boy, mess with a time honored tradition....not a good idea.

[llisa]

Video? Please?

[BannedInBoston]

Just like my second marriage.

[oceanofconsciousness]

LOL!

[sybergirl]

Isidoro throws like a girl.