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01-10-2022, 04:47 AM
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Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
Foothill Division Officers displayed heroism and quick action by saving the life of a pilot who made an emergency landing on the railroad tracks at San Fernando Rd. and Osborne St., just before an oncoming train collided with the aircraft. They pulled a pilot out of a Cessna 172 that went down on a set of train tracks near Whiteman Airport in Pacoima on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 9, before a train came along several minutes later and slammed into the immobilized aircraft. The small plane crash-landed on the tracks adjacent to the airport, near the intersection of Osborne Street and San Fernando Road, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said. The heavily damaged plane was partially in the path of a passing Amtrak locomotive that collided at full speed with the aircraft’s rear end. The pilot was the sole occupant of the plane. That person was freed from the wreck about 20 minutes before the train barreled into it. The pilot was transported to a hospital. No one on the ground or in the train was reported injured. The aircraft, built in 1967, took off from Whiteman Airport at about 2:10 p.m., according to Federal Aviation Administration officials. Its registration is valid through May 2025 and it is owned by a resident of Santa Clarita. The plane remained on the tracks as of 3 p.m. Sunday, halting all train traffic through the area. Portions of the plane’s engine and fuselage, as well as broken railway crossing signs, littered the ground around the crash site. A small amount of fuel that leaked out of it was contained by firefighters. The cause of the emergency landing was under investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board. Further information was not immediately released. |
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01-10-2022, 04:54 AM
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 DR's Quarterback Poster Rank:310 Male Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 4,136 Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Quoted: 551 Post(s)
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
WOW. Real heroes!!! My respects to them  Amazing Job |
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01-10-2022, 12:37 PM
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
WTF!?!?!?! PLANE CRASH? and then HIT BY A TRAIN?!??!?! Only thing missing is ambulance exploding, and then being stepped on by an elephant. Or Squirrel Elements That guy should buy a lottery ticket now! |
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01-10-2022, 01:47 PM
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
I always thought trains were so much safer than planes. Well actually a plane fell on the train. |
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01-10-2022, 02:32 PM
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 L'appel du vide Poster Rank:1183 Male Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 535 Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Quoted: 75 Post(s)
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!! That pilot didn't have a prayer if those officers hadn't dragged him to safety. As far as close calls, this is as close as it gets.
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01-10-2022, 10:20 PM
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
That took some serious courage. You know they heard that coming.
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01-11-2022, 12:18 AM
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
Thank god for the omnipresence of video recording device these days or no one would believe this ever happened.
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03-03-2022, 12:46 AM
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Re: Cops Save Downed Cessna 172 Pilot Before a Train Slams into Plane
That's literally their fucking job. But, keep sucking that blue, big gov dick.
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