Geez. Hope that sunbather packed an extra pair of swim trunks.
Footage obtained by tabloid Bild TV shows a Piper PA-28-181 Archer II aircraft grazing a tourists’ back as he lay on a sandy beach soaking up rays – right by the Heligoland airport in northern Germany.
It appears the sunbather noticed the approaching plane and tucked his head into the sand at the very last second, narrowly missing getting knocked by its wheels. The video was shot by beachgoer Rainer Schmidt, reports The Telegraph.
The pilot, identified as 52-year-old Juergen Drucker, apologized for the close call and told the Daily Mail he's embarrassed over his landing error.
“I have to say, as the pictures show, that it wasn’t one of my greatest achievements in the cockpit,” he said.
Footage obtained by tabloid Bild TV shows a Piper PA-28-181 Archer II aircraft grazing a tourists’ back as he lay on a sandy beach soaking up rays – right by the Heligoland airport in northern Germany.
It appears the sunbather noticed the approaching plane and tucked his head into the sand at the very last second, narrowly missing getting knocked by its wheels. The video was shot by beachgoer Rainer Schmidt, reports The Telegraph.
The pilot, identified as 52-year-old Juergen Drucker, apologized for the close call and told the Daily Mail he's embarrassed over his landing error.
“I have to say, as the pictures show, that it wasn’t one of my greatest achievements in the cockpit,” he said.