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Subscribe to RSSConsidering how narrow the pilot's 'runway' looks to be, it is amazing that everyone in the plane and on the ground escaped serious injury.
Juergen Mahnke / AP
Firefighters and rescuers stand near a Cessna sport plane in the city of Stockstadt am Main, Germany, on Aug. 28. The pilot of the private plane clipped the side of a house and a lamppost while guiding his Cessna into an emergency landing on a 16-foot wide residential street in western Germany. Police in Stockstadt am Main say no residents were injured and the 47-year-old pilot and his co-pilot suffered minor injuries in Sunday's crash in the densely populated area, the news agency dapd reported. They said the plane was forced down due to a technical problem, but gave no details.
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I would say the pilot did an excellent job on the emergency landing. I just wonder if there might have been a field which would have been a bit safer for the local residents. That's just me as a pilot and Monday night quarterback!
I was curious and checked.
The town is a narrow swath (~1mile wide) with a winding river on one side (another town is on the other side of the river) and a dense forest on the other side. It doesn't look like there were many options at all from the satellite image of the area. I'm even more impressed with the pilot after seeing what little options he likely had to work with.
I agree!
This was an old album cover in the 70s ... 'SPARKS'