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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by NelsonMinar on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:49AM (#24271884)
I gotta say, ditching a small airplane 30 miles off shore in the Gulf of Mexico is a hell of a risky way to collect $50,000 in an insurance payout. You've got a lot of faith in your ability to make a "water landing", much less that someone comes out and gets you before something goes wrong.
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by fny on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:43AM (#24272507)
Sounds like a hell of a lot more fun than setting a house on fire.
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by notatoad on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:53PM (#24274001)
yeah, the article seems to paint a pretty clear picture of a guy who figured out how he could crash-land a plane and get paid for the experience. he probably would have done it for $5.
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by refurb on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:49AM (#24272565)
Same thought occurred to me. I would have thought proving that was intention would be pretty hard considering the personal risk involved.
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by tgb on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:15PM (#24274921)
Ah but he claims he actually did that to sell waterproof iPad cases, according to the end of the article. Makes sense to me.
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by xhkkffbf on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:17PM (#24274936)
Perhaps he just had someone let them jump off of a boat. They changed the serial number and resold the plane separately. Maybe the friend who dumped them off the boat was also the one who "rescued" them after a few hours. Who knows?
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by antihero on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:45AM (#24272521)
Could you not call in a mayday?
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Re:The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas by sokoloff on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:33PM (#24273803)
You're still impacting the water at around 80 mph in a light aluminum craft not designed for such a situation. There's a lot of room for something to go wrong resulting in a fatality.
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