FAA begins investigation into emergency plane landing on highway in Chatham County
PEOPLE WERE DETAINED OF ALL
THIS.
>> TODAY CREWS WILL WORK TO
REMOVE A PLANE THAT MADE AN
EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SIDE
OF A HIGHWAY IN CHATHAM COUNTY.
IT HAPPENED ON A U.S. ONE NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF OLD US ONE
AND THE SAME FOR LEE COUNTY
AIRPORT. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND
NIC PERLIN IN THE WRAL BREAKING
NEWS TRACKER. AND NIC, THIS
PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING AFTER A MECHANICAL
ERROR.
>> AND THAT LANDING HAPPENED AT
AROUND 4.20, THIS AFTERNOON AND
AT AROUND AT 4.37, YOU CAN SEE
IT'S STILL HERE ON THE SIDE OF
US ONE HERE IN CHATHAM COUNTY
AND THE BIG THING ABOUT THIS
PLANE LANDING IS MIRACULOUSLY,
NOBODY, INCLUDING THE PILOT
WAS HURT. NOW WHEN THIS PLANE
CRASH, IT CAN CLIP 2 VEHICLES
BEFORE FINALLY HITTING THE
GROUND. WE'RE TOLD THOSE PEOPLE
ARE OKAY AS WELL. EYEWITNESSES
TELL WRAL THEY SAW THE PLANE
FLYING VERY CLOSE TO THE
GROUND, ACCORDING TO JIM CROWDS
AND AVIATION EXPERT. THIS PLANE
IS A 2 SEAT PLANE AND WAS SOLD
AS A KID. MEANING ANYONE CAN
BUY IT AND BUILD IT. OF COURSE,
ALL PLANES NEED TO BE INSPECTED
BY THE FAA BEFORE THEY CAN BE
FLOWN. CROSS ALSO COMMENDED
THE PILOT FOR THEIR QUICK
THINKING IN AVOIDING MAJOR
DISASTER.
>> THE FACT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO
PUT IT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND
NOT HURT ANYBODY. APPARENTLY
FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, THAT'S A
GREAT JOB ON THIS PILOTS OF
A HALF.
>> THE FAA STILL INVESTIGATING
THIS CRASH AND I'M TOLD JUST
NOW THAT THIS COULD BE HOURS
BEFORE WE SEE THIS PLAY FINALLY
MOVED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY.
OF COURSE, WHEN IT DOES, WE'LL
BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU REPORTING