Sir Paul McCartney narrowly avoids a potentially-fatal crash. It happened in early May when Macca and his wife Nancy Shevell were aboard a chartered helicopter which was attempting to land at McCartney's East Sussex estate. The pilot became 'disoriented' in bad weather, according to investigators with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch which catagorized the near crash as a 'serious incident'. The report says the helicopter came within two feet from disaster as it veered downward toward trees before the pilot dramatically lifted the chopper at the last minute in an 'executed go-around' to abort the landing on the estate. The helicopter pilot is said to have become disoriented due to 'low cloud base, poor visability and rain'. McCartney and his wife were reportedly told about how close they had come to disaster after the copter was diverted from their helipad on their estate and made a landing at a nearby airport instead.