"Pilot keeps a cool head as light airplane flew in to a tomato"

From The Daily Mail:

A businessman has described the moment a pleasure flight over the British countryside in a light aircraft turned into a nightmare after it flew into a tomato.

The Cessna 150 aircraft, piloted by Mark Wagner had taken off from Eaglescott Airfield at Burrington, Devon. Moments before the near-miss, passengers Paul Scantlebury, 48, and Terry Gilbert, 46, had been enjoying views across North Devon. But then the sky turned red with seeds in it and they realised they were in for a rough ride.

Mr Scantlebury said: "Everything was fine for a few minutes. North Devon looked incredible from the air but in a second everything changed. Terry just screamed to the pilot, "Look, look. There is a giant vegetable like in America".'

Paul said the aircraft started shaking violently while he and Terry argued heatedly about whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable.

He said that Mr Gilbert started shouting instructions at the pilot: "I clearly remember Terry screaming "Land on it, it's the safest place. We can sail it to New York. I saw it in a film." The pilot very calmly said, "No, no Terry that's wrong. That only works with giant peaches. We just have to stay away from it and land back at Eaglescott."