Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 16 ga Satumba 2007 Richards da matarsa, Karen, sun tsira daga saukar da jirgi a cikin jirgin sama a Essex yayin da suke dawowa daga 2007 Belgian Grand Prix
, kasa da sa'o'i 24 bayan tsohon direbansa na WRC, Colin McRae, ya mutu a irin wannan hatsarin tare da dansa da wasu biyu. Dangane da bayanin da Prodrive ya bayar bayan faruwar lamarin, Richards yana tuka Jirgin Eurocopter EC 135 na Prodrive. Dukansu Richards da matarsa Karen sun tsira ba tare da rauni ba.