Campaign Banner Downs UK Candidate's Plane

Nigel Farage hospitalized after light aircraft crashes
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted May 6, 2010 5:55 AM CDT
UK Candidate's Banner Crashes Plane
United Kingdom Independence Party candidate and former party leader Nigel Farage campaigns in Winslow, England last month.   (Getty Images)

UK Independence Party candidate Nigel Farage had to be cut from the wreckage of an aircraft after his last-minute quest for votes in today's election ended in disaster. Farage, who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, had taken to the skies in a two-seater aircraft towing a party banner. The plane crashed after the banner apparently became entangled in the engine, the Times of London reports. The pilot also suffered minor injuries.
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