Pilot saves the passengers...
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/14/blimp-pilot-dies-saving-passengers-from-fiery-crash/?hpt=hp_c2
Obviously I don't know much about blimps, but why didn't the pilot jump out along with the passengers? Not possible to do? Or was it too risky to let the blimp loose without anyone behind the steers?
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/14/blimp-pilot-dies-saving-passengers-from-fiery-crash/?hpt=hp_c2
Obviously I don't know much about blimps, but why didn't the pilot jump out along with the passengers? Not possible to do? Or was it too risky to let the blimp loose without anyone behind the steers?