Reuters

West Midlands Fire Service firefighters investigate the crash of a light aircraft at Birmingham airport on Nov. 20, in Birmingham, England. Flights were suspended at Birmingham airport on Friday after a light aircraft carrying human organs for transplant crashed on arrival injuring two men on board, West Midlands Police and the airport said.

Organ transport plane crashes, liver saved and transplanted

When I initially read this caption, I thought, "Wow, I can only the imagine the disappointment the recipients of the organs that were on board this plane felt when they heard the news of the crash. To wait for an organ must be a harrowing experience, and then to see it lost in a crash must be a devastating blow considering the odds of such an accident happening are so slim." However, amazingly enough, the liver that was being transported on this plane was saved and was successfully transplanted after a quick-thinking air ambulance pilot located the fuel supply and switched it off. He then helped to rescue the pilot from the plane. Read about the crash here and about the surgery here.

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Thank the Good Lord that no on was killed and that the organ was saved .

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