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Published 16:15 21 Sept 2016 BST
He alerted the starters to halt the race and the flagman signalled an 'X' to let the other pilots known. Thom then opened his cockpit canopy to make it clear he was out of the race.
That's when shit went west.
Thom described on his Facebook seeing the flagman then running across the runway waving his flag to show something was wrong. That's when he saw planes whizzing past and taking off to his left and right.
Seconds later you can see the Number 7 plane on the grid coming tearing up behind him on the video and there is nothing he can do.
Watching it back in slow motion and realise how close he came to death is even worse. So it's actually amazing how chilled Thom was about the whole thing.
'I’m not the slightest bit upset over the accident. I, in fact, consider myself a very lucky man. Another four feet to the left and I would have been minced meat.
'Literally dodging a bullet. A busted up hand is a small price to pay. I’ll take it. It’ll heal.'
We'd never be getting in a plane again after that...or any other form of transport that travels at more than 5mph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyfK1tea3zo&feature=youtu.be

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