Jeremy Clarkson shares bizarre thought that flashed across mind when almost died

25 May 2024 , 14:22

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Jeremy Clarkson shares bizarre thought that flashed across mind when almost died

TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed what could have been his final thoughts when he faced an almost fatal situation after the aeroplane he was travelling in was struck by lightning.

The 64-year-old former Top Gear host, who is now enthralling audiences with his Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm, has said that he thought his life was going to end when the plane he was on was turned upside down before going into a spin towards the ground, as the pilot wrestled for control.

As his imminent doom was becoming a reality, Jeremy said that it wasn't his certain death that occupied that moment but instead he felt annoyance that his hair had got stuck in a fan. Writing in an opinion piece for The Sun, Jeremy revealed: "I was in a plane that had been built in Russia in the Fifties and used by the Angolan Air Force before being bought by a ramshackle airline in Cuba, and we were flying into Havana when it was struck by lightning. This caused it to turn upside down and start plummeting towards Earth."

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed his final thoughts when he was facing death

The TV star then explained why he thought he was about to die in that moment: "Well, here’s the funny thing. Instead of air vents, there were little Pifco-style fans above each seat and, as the plane turned over, my hair got caught in the blades. So that’s what I was thinking as the engines screamed and the pilot tried to regain control: 'This is really annoying'".

This near-death experience is also something that Jeremy wrote about for The Times, back in 2009, when he first opened up about the terrifying moment. Once again, it wasn't the end of his life that was bothering him at the time, it was the contents of the toilets, which were emptied into the cabin when the plane was upside down, much to Jezza's annoyance.

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He wrote at the time: "You didn’t think about the lavatories did you? When the plane is the wrong way up, they are too, and that means they empty their entire contents, including some home-made tampons, onto the roof. What you get above each seat is a small Pifco fan, and because I was upside down, hanging by my seatbelt, the top of my head was actually in the blades. It was very uncomfy, having a haircut while the wrong way up, in a tropical thunderstorm and knowing that if the pilot regained control, I’d be getting a brown shower."

James Brinsford