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I believe it was Don Airey that said there appeared to be a struggle going on inside the cockpit, prior to the crash. He was taking pictures before, during, up to the crash. He has not made any of the images public.phil b":11reamis said:I remember reading the autopsy report. The one thing that just sucked beyond suck was that his right hand(?) was completely severed. Was either right or left, I cant quite remember it was so long ago. That hit me hard cause its like man, he was killed, this great musician and didnt even die with both hands intact. His hands were his world.. and..I dunno..just seems to make it worse for me I guess. Turns out the pilot had been doing blow and was going thru a really bad breakup with his wife at the time. Dunno if it matters but they said he was a little unstable.Goat":11reamis said:Yes. It was as bad you can imagine. Really bad. Randy and the pilot were ejected from the plane on impact. The pilot appeared to have rolled forward through the windshield; as his body was in a crouched/sitting position against the garage wall.Kapo_Polenton":11reamis said:Goat":11reamis said:Thanks, I'll check it out.phil b":11reamis said:Goat":11reamis said:Accordng to several friends, Randy's live tone was incredible. Though unrelated, they said that Randy wasn't into Ozzy's stage antics, at all. They say that Randy looked like he wanted to be anywhere but on-stage with Ozzy. Between songs, Randy would roll his eyes, shake his head, look at his finger nails, yawn... They said he appeared especially irritated when Ozzy lifted him up. I suppose doing the same show over and over would be irritating to some.
Rudy Sarzo wrote a book called "Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz".. Was a really good read and is mostly about Randy. Randy was done with Ozzy and was supposed to record Speak of the Devil as his last album.
In regards to the accident... I've seen detailed photos (through a 1st responder) of the aftermath of the plane crash. Chilling! Why did Randy get on that damned plane? From what I've read, he feared flying.
Wait, you've seen THE photos of the plane crash that took Randy's life?? I know curiosity would get the better of me but that can't have been anything other than horrifying. What a car crash looks like let alone a plane crash..yikes. As for Ozzy's stage antics, you can find some bootlegs on YouTube where you see Randy turning away or moving so he doesn't get picked up by Ozzy during his leads. I think he got into the zone for the music but could do without the rest. Imagine dealing with Ozzy out of his mind all day and night on tour.