31 July 2013

No Injuries After Flight-Seeing Plane Lands on Highway

An airplane carrying seven people made an emergency landing Sunday night on the Parks Highway near Mile 125, south of the Chulitna River.
Anchorage Daily News photo from the linked article

There were no injuries or damage when the plane, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver owned by Talkeetna Air Taxi, landed about 7:10 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
"It looked like he did a really admirable job of getting the thing down," NTSB investigator Brice Banning said.

Banning said the plane carried six passengers and the pilot. None were injured, he said. The cause of the engine problem remains unclear.

Read the whole story here.

10 comments:

ProudHillbilly said...

No injuries but change of underwear needed.

Sandy Livesay said...

Rev. Paul,

Great job done by the pilot!!!

Rev. Paul said...

PH, I suspect you're right. :)

I agree, Sandy. It's so nice to have zero fatalities for a change.

Well Seasoned Fool said...

A log book entry no pilot wants. Glad all are safe.

Rev. Paul said...

We are too, WSF. Thanks.

Murphy's Law said...

Kudos to him for not damaging that Beaver! Nice job indeed.

Rev. Paul said...

I thought you'd appreciate that, ML. :)

Cathy said...

I'll show this to hubby who's in the other room on his flight simulator. He comes to bed virtually banged up some nights when he's been trying to land in in fog.
One of his favorite TV programs: "Fly Wild Alaska" . . the Tweto family.

Rev. Paul said...

Cathy, he may be taking it a little too seriously. Just sayin'. :^)

Cathy said...

Ya think ? :-D