Plane loses power, makes emergency landing in Franklin County field
THE RISE HIGHLIGHT THAT AND
WE'LL SEE STORMS TOMORROW.
COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, MIKE,
THANK YOU. EMERGENCY LANDING IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE ARE
IMAGES OF A PLANE THAT LOST
POWER AFTER TAKING OFF FROM
TRIANGLE NORTH EXECUTIVE
AIRPORT. THE BUREAU'S REALLY
DEADLY SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF
THE PLANE IS SAID THINGS COULD
HAVE GONE BETTER BUT HE IS
HAPPY. NO ONE WAS HURT.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
EVERYONE IS OKAY. YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHERE THIS
PLANE CLIPPED THIS FENCE BEFORE
MAKING A HARD LANDING IN THE
FIELD ACROSS THE STREET.
>> EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS
THINGS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT
MUCH WORSE TODAY WHEN A PLANE
LOST POWER OVER A FRANKLIN
COUNTY FIELD. THE PLANE TOOK
OFF FROM TRIANGLE NORTH
EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHEN IT LOST
POWER SHORTLY AFTER NICHOLAS.
STUART IS THE DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR
FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE AIRPLANE
WAS GOING UNDERGOING
MAINTENANCE. AND I THINK THIS
WAS A TEST FLIGHT TO SEE HOW
THAT MEAN THAT WAS GOING
WHETHER OR NOT THEY CONTRIBUTED
TO THIS CAUSE. I I CAN'T SAY
THE PILOT CLIPPED THIS AIRPORT
FENCE BEFORE LANDING HERE.
BOTH THE PILOT AND MECHANIC ON
BOARD MADE IT OUT SAFELY.
I SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THE
PLANE AND AS FAR AS EMERGENCY
LANDINGS GO, HE TELLS ME THIS
ONE COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, BUT
HE'S HAPPY. NO ONE WAS HURT.
WE PREACH PREPAREDNESS AND THIS
IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE PREPARED
FOR SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN.
IT DID. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
SUCCESSFULLY LAND THEIR PLAN
WITHOUT INJURY.
NOW CREWS ARE GOING TO BE
WORKING TO REPAIR THIS FENCE
TO SECURE THE AIRPORT. AS FOR
MOST EMERGENCY LANDINGS, THE
FAA WILL BE ON SCENE TOMORROW
CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION