Alonso unhurt in plane crash - report

Eurosport - Tue, 06 Jan 11:17:00 2009

Fernando Alonso has escaped unhurt after being in a plane crash in Malindi, Kenya, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

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Alonso and his family were in the process of taking off around 6pm on Sunday when the private jet touched an airport building and damaged a wing.

Alonso, his wife Raquel Del Rosario, his brother-in-law Marta Del Rosario and the pilot Alberto Fernandez were all unhurt in the accident.

"It's not as serious as it appears on the Internet," said a spokeswoman for the Spaniard. "But Fernando's had to postpone his return and will fly back today."

Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that the private plane had clipped a wing on the terminal building as it was preparing to take off.

The two-times world champion was in Kenya for a New Year's Eve party being hosted by Renault boss Flavio Briatore.

Alonso, who has two years still to run on his contact with Renault, has long been linked with a move away from the team to join up with Ferrari.

Initially touted as a replacement for Felipe Massa, it has now been reported that Alonso could replace 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen at the Italian team, after the Finn struggled last season, winning just two Grands Prix and finishing third in the drivers' championship.

"That Fernando has always had an interest to drive for Ferrari is not a secret," Alonso's manager has said.

"What can I say though? 2010 is far away. It is too soon to speak about."

Pippa Davis / Eurosport

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  1. Marion wants to know if the pilot of this plane­ involved in this alleged "accident" was"­ german".? If so was a certain T.Glock a­ passenger.?
    If so this shows a further desire to ensure­ a certain Mr. Ham wins in 2009.
    I think we should be­ told.!!!

    From charles p, on Tue 6 Jan 9:53AM

  2. Does anybody know if Racistroute (Touronroute) ever­ answers questions or is he or shim just an absolute­ idiot?

    From f1junky1000, on Mon 5 Jan 9:26PM

  3. Marion : tried to spell " Truth " but Yahoo­ would have no part of it. Invalid comment. geesh

    From slimj, on Mon 5 Jan 9:07PM

  4. Yes, dreamweaveruk, these 'invalid comments'­ are extremely strange. Sometimes just one innocuous­ word generates the invalid. I fail to see how it all­ works. Some people can post some awful stuff, but when­ you are trying to make a decent point,­ 'wallop', there's an invalid.

    From , on Mon 5 Jan 9:00PM

  5. This story has been 'rubbished' by Fernando­ Alonso's agent (see story elsewhere on this site),­ it seems the Italian press have run amok again.

    From , on Mon 5 Jan 8:57PM

  6. I do not like the bloke but at least he is ok.

    From f1junky1000, on Mon 5 Jan 8:46PM

  7. Some mamby pamby won't let me put up a comment that­ say it's a good idea FA keeps his toilet door­ closed, yet lets all kinds of junk through which shouls­ never get past the thinking stage

    From dreamweaveruk, on Mon 5 Jan 8:39PM

  8. Anyone who says something negative about Hamilton seems­ to be in danger of something. First is was Mark Webber,­ then J button, now Alonso - so much for that vodoo­ track.

    I just hope the Ham sent "eyebrows"­ a card like the sports/gentleman that he is.

    From Poison pill, on Mon 5 Jan 6:29PM

  9. I visited Hiroshima recently and was lucky to have­ missed the blast by 64 years!

    From willsmith912, on Mon 5 Jan 6:13PM
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    thank all the gods it was the other alonso not the­ special one ­ lfc forever

    From sly fox, on Mon 5 Jan 5:12PM

  11. This wasn't a plane crash at all. If I scratched my­ car bumper moving out of a parking space, would it hit­ the headlines saying that I'd survived a car­ accident? The biggest load of rubbish to come from the­ media in ages, makes me sick........
    Give us some real­ news........................................

    From andrewhooper, on Mon 5 Jan 5:03PM

  12. Officeboy AGREE WELL SAID

    From I TYSON, on Mon 5 Jan 4:38PM

  13. We are getting tired of this so called news and their­ headlines. You would think Alonso`s lack of luster in­ the last two years is being compensated by ridicoulous­ mentions of every little thing he does, in order to­ keep him in the stage. Probably next time he sneezes­ we`ll be reading a headline related to his dangerous­ illness.

    From Officeboy, on Mon 5 Jan 4:03PM

  14. You don't think that Alonso isn't going to clip­ a few more wings this comming season?
    According to­ Heidfeld it's going to happen a lot more now!

    From Nath, on Mon 5 Jan 3:38PM

  15. well said mark c

    From U R SOLES, on Mon 5 Jan 3:04PM

  16. I aint trying to be funny or say bad stuff bout the­ article writer, Pippa Davis,
    but notice how this­ ARTICLE should only be for ALONSO's plane crash,­ Yet it slowly n conviently moves into F1 n his Career!­ it has nothing to do with the crash,
    suppose they just­ wanted something else to write about cause they­ could't think of nothing else to write.

    From wanker901, on Mon 5 Jan 3:02PM

  17. You don't think that Alonso isn't going to clip­ a few more wings this comming season?
    According to­ Heidfeld it's going to happen a lot more now!

    From Françoise, on Mon 5 Jan 2:46PM

  18. Ha Ha lol ......ha ha nice one! tyson!

    From Françoise, on Mon 5 Jan 2:44PM

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    With­ his dummy on his knee, he started going through­ his
    usual dumb blonde jokes, when a blonde in the­ second row stood
    on her chair and started­ shouting:
    "I've heard enough of your stupid­ blond jokes", she screamed.
    "What makes you­ think you can stereotype women in that way?
    What does­ the colour of a person's hair have to do with her­ worth as a human being? It's people like you who­ keep women like me from being respected at work and in­ the community and from reaching our full potential as­ people. It's all because you and your kind continue­ to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes,­ but women in general - and all in the name of­ humour."
    The embarrassed ventriloquist began to­ apologise,
    whereupon the blonde yelled, "You stay­ out of this. I'm talking
    to that little @#$%­ MARION on your lap."

    From I TYSON, on Mon 5 Jan 2:36PM

  20. i tyson, your on the sports pages there man!

    From flinto, on Mon 5 Jan 2:07PM
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