June 13: A Goodyear blimp crashes near the venue of the Hessentag festival in Oberursel, Germany. Th...

1. Pilot of Goodyear Blimp Saves Passengers Before Dying in
Fiery Crash
June 13: A Goodyear blimp crashes near the
venue of the Hessentag festival in Oberursel,
Germany. The pilot has been called a hero for
having his passengers jump to safety while he
stayed onboard.
Hero Blimp Pilot Dies in Crash
A pilot died Sunday after the airship he was inside caught fire and crashed in Germany. Mike
Narandzic is being heralded as a hero for urging his three passengers to jump to safety while he
stayed on board.
The pilot who died Sunday when the airship he was inside caught fire and crashed in Germany died
a hero, saving the lives of the three passengers onboard by urging them to jump to safety while he
stayed behind.
Mike Nerandzic, 53, a veteran airship pilot who flew for more than 20 years, brought the Goodyear
airship to just below 7 feet off the ground and told his passengers to jump. After the three leaped to
safety, the airship was soon engulfed in flames and soared to 150 feet due to the loss of weight in
the cabin.

2. The native Australian has been called a hero after he told them to jump, saying, "We're having a
crash."
"We could also hear the cries of the doomed pilot as the fire surrounded him," one witness said,
according to the Daily Mail. "It was terrible."
There is speculation that the airship's propellers may have hit the ground too hard during the
landing. Spiegel newspaper cited media reports that indicated there had been a smell of fuel aboard
the airship during the trip.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06/13/blimp-crash-in-germany-claims-pilots-life/