Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Small Plane with Engine Trouble Lands on Highway - No Injuries

Ormond Beach, FL, US

A flight student and instructor decided to make an emergency landing on I-95 near Daytona Beach on Tuesday when their small plane developed engine problems. The emergency landing was a success, and no one one was injured.

To read more, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368101,00.html

It's not much of a story, perhaps, until you consider that the overwhelming majority of news we hear about small planes is bad. And being married to a private pilot, I really appreciate this little stub of news.

Follow up: The single engine Cessna 150 is back in the air, after the airplane's owner made some repairs on the ground. The pilot took off from an impromptu runway consisting of 600 feet of I-95. To read more, visit http://www.wesh.com/news/16634189/detail.html