SAS rookies cheated death after parachuting into high voltage power lines in Scotland
TWO rookie SAS soldiers cheated death when they clattered into high voltage power lines while parachuting.
The hapless pair were rescued by engineers when they misjudged a night-time exercise and crashed into power lines — leaving almost 500 homes cut off. Another added: “We knew something had happened because all the clocks in the house started flashing and the lights went out for a short while.“You would imagine they should have been using night vision goggles but something clearly went wrong, not once but twice.
The former Lance Corporal, who served on tours of Afghanistan and Iraq, said: “This should never have happened.
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