On Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p2

On Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p2

From What I survived by Jack Laurence

May 5, 2026 · 31 min · Season 2 · Episode 8

About this episode

The episode recounts Jamie Hull's harrowing experience of surviving a plane crash and the subsequent challenges he faced in recovery.

On the 19th of August 2007, British Army reservist and SAS trooper Jamie Hull was days away from completing his private pilot's licence when his aircraft engine caught fire during a solo training flight over Florida. He had 45 seconds to decide how to survive. With the cockpit engulfed in flames and the plane descending rapidly, Jamie did something that should have been impossible. He climbed out of the burning cockpit, stood on the wing of a plummeting aircraft, and jumped. The plane exploded sixty feet behind him. What followed was six months in intensive care, six months in a coma, third degree burns to 60% of his body, over 60 operations, and a 5% chance of survival. And then the longer, quieter battle, rebuilding a life, a body and an identity from the wreckage. This is not just a story about surviving a plane crash. It is a story about what happens in the years that follow when the world moves on and the hardest fight is still ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Laurence

Guest: Jamie Hull

Topics covered

  • survival
  • plane crash
  • personal struggle
  • recovery
  • identity
  • military experience

Keywords

  • survival
  • plane crash
  • Jamie Hull
  • burns
  • recovery
  • military
  • SAS
  • intensive care
  • identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Army, SAS

Places: Florida

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