Nigel Farage autobiography: I thought I would die in plane crash

Nigel Farage describes the moment he realised the plane he was campaigning in during the 2010 election was going to crash On Election Day 2010, Ukip leader Nigel Farage had an extraordinary escape after his plane flipped upside down and nosedived into a field during an election stunt. The politician was pulled semi-conscious from the wreckage, his face swollen and blood running across his cheek, after the accident at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield, near Brackley, Northants Police said that the pilot and Mr Farage, who is contesting Speaker John Bercow’s seat in Buckingham, were “extremely lucky” to have walked away from the crash with only minor injuries The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything by Nigel Farage is published by Biteback priced £. To order your copy call 0844 871 1514 or visit . Get the latest headlines Subscribe to The Telegraph