Jeremy Clarkson’s partner, Lisa Hogan, was travelling to London from Spain in the 90s when she had a near-death experience on a plane
Jeremy Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan shares snap of wreckage after surviving plane crash(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Perrier-Jouet)
Jeremy Clarkson’s girlfriend, Lisa Hogan, ‘amazingly’ survived a plane crash and took to social media to share a terrifying picture of the wreckage from 1996. The 51-year-old model had the horrifying experience 29 years ago when the plane came off the runway at RAF Northolt in London and hit a van on the A40.
At the time, she was heading into London for a film role when the accident happened. This week, she took to her social media page to share a picture from the wreckage as she recalled the shocking moment that saw no casualties. The picture showed the Spanish Learjet 25 plane split in half after colliding into the van.
Lisa survived a plane crash in the 90s(Image: thetallirish/instagram)
She was living in Palma, Spain and working on the comedy Fierce Creatures from Monty Python and Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese.
“Amazingly, the pilots, van drivers, and I survived. I took another flight the same day. And landed safely,” she captioned the post on Instagram.
It comes after former Top Gear star Jeremy discussed the couple’s record on airplanes. The duo ‘walked away from three crashes over the years’.
He said to the Sunday Times: “Whenever Lisa and I board an aeroplane, we are usually pretty confident that it will land safely because between us, we’ve walked away from three crashes over the years.
Jeremy said they walked away from three crashes over the years(Image: Instagram/thetallirish)
“Both mine involved broken landing gear and were fairly minor, but hers was a proper shunt. She was the only passenger in a Learjet that careered off the end of the runway at Northolt and on to the A40, where it was hit so hard by a van that it split in two.
“It’s amazing no one was killed, and if you Google the images, you’ll see what I mean.”
He went on to say that the ‘law of averages’ suggests they wouldn’t be involved in any more crashes.
Lisa previously told the Irish Independent she thought “everything was fine for a while” when the plane took off from Palma. Lisa said the captain tried to get her to change seats, but she refused to do so.
“I insisted on sitting where I was, which was just as well because that was the area where the van came through when we crashed and I would have been killed instantly,” she told the publication, with her refusal to move seats possibly saving her life.
A few hours later, she booked another flight and returned to Spain.