Jack Laurence

To understand exactly what Jamie is currently facing in that moment, you need to understand where an engine fire sits on the scale of things that can go wrong when you're alone in a small plane thousands of feet above the ground.

Well, it sits at the very top.

Pilots train for engine failures.

They train for instrument malfunctions.

They train for bad weather.

These are emergencies, serious ones.

But they are emergencies where time is generally on your side.

An engine fire is different.

Fire does not wait.

It does not plateau.

Left unchecked, it can burn through the engine casing, through the firewall and into the cockpit itself.

Even worse, into the fuel lines and the wing.

When that happens, the aircraft does not just fail, it comes apart.

And unlike a large commercial jet, Jamie's small training aircraft had none of the sophisticated fire detection systems on board, no suppression equipment that the airline pilots usually rely on.

He simply looked out the window and saw his engine on fire and immediately jumps into action.

Little did he know, but his years of hard physical and mental tests were about to save his life.

Barely.

Deary me.

Could you see anything with the flames in the cockpit now?

Bloody hell.