Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Manitoba Highway
09/08/2008 06:11
This Northways
Aviation Cessna 207 Skywagon made an emergency
landing on Highway 8 near St. Andrews Airport,
north of Winnipeg, Friday
afternoon.
A pilot who ran into trouble north of Winnipeg Friday afternoon managed to bring his light plane down safely in an emergency landing on Highway 8.
The Northway Aviation Cessna 207 Skywagon took off from St. Andrews Airport with a pilot and three passengers — two women and a baby — aboard.
It was headed to Bloodvein, Man., 200 kilometres north of Winnipeg, when it ran into trouble minutes after takeoff from the small airport 20 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
Kerry Seabrook said he was driving his vehicle north of Winnipeg on Highway 8 when he noticed a plane in trouble, heading towards him.
"I had to pull my truck off into the ditch and even by the time I did that, his wing passed about five feet from my truck," Seabrook said. "I could hear his landing gear touch down right beside me. I had my window open."
Interesting details from CBC News.
SINC SAYS:
If you read the rest of the story, this is the second encounter with an emergency landing for that truck driver. What are the odds of that?