Daily Mail - 16.08.2019

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Sala crash

plane ‘had

£20k worth

of defects’

THE aircraft which crashed kill-

ing footballer Emiliano Sala

was previously so riddled with

faults that an engineer declared

it ‘not fit to be flown’.

Humphrey Penney was asked

to look at the Piper Malibu last

summer. He said it had ‘a lot of

problems’ that would have cost

up to £20,000 to fix.

Mr Penney, who is a licensed

engineer, spoke out after inves-

tigators suggested the crash

that killed Sala, 28, and pilot

David Ibbotson, 59, may have

been caused when poisonous

carbon monoxide leaked into

the cabin from a faulty exhaust.

Mr Penney said: ‘We had deep

concerns. We nearly took the

plane on but didn’t because

there were so many problems.’

He was asked to give a second

opinion on the aircraft last year

when it was taken to Sandtoft

Airport in Belton, Lincolnshire,

on behalf of the owner.

Mr Penney, who owns Sand-

toft, recalled his reaction –

‘Christ, this is awful’. He added:

‘We sent it to another organisa-

tion. I can’t comment on what

work was later done.’

Mr Penney is helping the inves-

tigation into the crash into the

Channel in January, shortly after

Sala signed for Cardiff City.

Daily Mail Reporter

Woman, 22,

lef t blind

in one eye

af ter using

microwave

to boil eggs

A WOMAN was left fearing for her

sight after her face was badly

burnt when two eggs she boiled in

a microwave exploded.

Instead of just putting the eggs in a

pan, Bethany Rosser had turned to

Google for cooking instructions – and

was advised it was safe to

microwave the eggs in water as

long as she added salt.

The 22-year-old insurer let the

shelled eggs cool after cooking

them in a jug for six minutes at

600W, as per guidelines on popular

recipe website Delish.

But as she looked into the jug to

check on them, the eggs exploded,

burning the right side of her face.

She dialled 999 and was rushed to

the burns unit at Queen Elizabeth

Hospital in Birmingham, where

wet bandages were applied.

Doctors cannot yet say whether

permanent damage has been done

to her right eye because it has

sealed shut by the swelling. Miss

Rosser, from Redditch, Worcester-

shire, said she feels ‘okay but nerv-

ous’ as she is not sure if she will be

able to see out of the eye.

She added: ‘I was making break-

fast before work, and I Googled to

see if you could make boiled eggs

in the microwave. There are end-

less websites and YouTube videos

which say you can.

‘The one I read, though, was the

set of instructions on Delish... It

said that you could microwave the

eggs as long as you add salt. Once

I’d taken them out and shut the

microwave door, they just burst all

of a sudden. I was on my own, so I

called 999, who sent an ambulance

while I was running cold water and

splashing it on my face... I could

see my skin peeling off. It felt

horrible.’

Hospital staff advised Miss

Rosser that the burns won’t scar

but she can expect long-term skin

discolouration. ‘And to think the

damage is to my face and my eye.

The main focus of anybody is their

face, and now I risk scars and

potentially damaged vision – over

eggs,’ she said.

Miss Rosser added that the

instructions she followed on Delish

said eggs can be boiled in the

microwave by placing them in a

suitable bowl and covering them

in water for six to eight minutes.

The site advises that salt be added

to ‘ensure that the egg won’t

explode’. It goes on: ‘We’re talking

volcanic hot egg pieces and sharp

bits of shell flying everywhere.’

The Royal Society for the Pre-

vention of Accidents advises never

cooking an egg in its shell in the

microwave. SpokesmanAshley

Martin said: ‘Be careful where you

get your cookery advice.’

Delish did not respond to a

request for comment.

Fear: Miss Rosser’s eye is still closed

Daily Mail Reporter

Online advice: Bethany Rosser

Daily Mail, Friday, August 16, 2019