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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/pilot-charged-over-farage-threats.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Ukip leader Nigel Farage was injured during the polling day stunt" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-pilot-charged-over-farage-threats.jpg" alt="Ukip leader Nigel Farage was injured during the polling day stunt"/></a></p>
<p>The pilot of the plane which crashed and injured Nigel Farage during a polling day stunt has been charged with threatening to kill the Ukip leader.</p>
<p>Justin Adams, 45, had been contracted to fly the light aircraft which nose-dived to the ground while towing a campaign banner on May 6.</p>
<p>Mr Farage, who escaped with broken ribs, bruised lungs and facial injuries, later declared himself &#8220;the luckiest man alive&#8221; and said he feared he would burn to death in the wreckage on General Election day.</p>
<p>Adams was arrested at his home in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, on Sunday.</p>
<p>He has been remanded in custody at Oxfordshire Magistrates&#8217; Court and will appear again on December 7 over the charges, which are not related to the crash.</p>
<p>An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report found the PZL-104 Wilga 35A came down after the banner reading: &#8220;Vote for your country: Vote UKIP&#8221;, became wrapped around the tail of the aircraft.</p>
<p>This caused the plane&#8217;s nose to drop and although Adams &#8220;maintained some control of the aircraft&#8221;, he could not prevent it crashing into a field at Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire.</p>
<p>Mr Farage, 46, who failed in his bid to oust Commons Speaker John Bercow from his Buckingham seat, was rescued as fuel poured out into the cockpit.</p>
<p>He emerged dressed in a pin-stripe suit, blue shirt and tie, with a UKIP rosette still attached after his harness was released by witnesses. He was unable to attend the count at Aylesbury Civic Centre and was instead transferred to hospital for treatment.</p>
<p>Adams, who had been trapped in the wreckage of the aircraft for a time, also required medical treatment.</p>
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