  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5165 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.216.150.127 |
A small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 75 in Allen Park Monday afternoon, according to Allen Park police. The plane landed in the southbound lanes of the freeway at Dix Road, Local 4 reported. Traffic was passing in only one lane, according to ClickOnDetroit.com partner Traffic.com. Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible. No injuries or damage to the freeway was reported. The Federal Aviation Administration has been called to investigate the incident, Local 4 reported. http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/5578995/detail.html | ||
Ltorivia485 Member Username: Ltorivia485 Post Number: 2248 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 70.225.112.1 |
What the hell? | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 1389 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.212.42.106 |
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. | ||
Tammypio Member Username: Tammypio Post Number: 60 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.43.85.165 |
That's less than a mile from my house. We were doing some more decorating and my son said..."mom there are a bunch of helicopters flying around!". I didn't pay much attention till I got on the computer and saw the news. No one was hurt which is amazing! Glad I had the day off and wasn't coming home from work...would have been kind of freaky! Also glad it found the freeway and not my house or back yard! | ||
Northend Member Username: Northend Post Number: 549 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 69.217.229.122 |
BREAKING NEWS: That same plane has made a clean take-off and is on its way to I-96 for a second landing at around 7pm tonight live on your local channels | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 2900 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 192.220.139.6 |
Better than the crash today in Miami Beach or JFK, Jr. last wash up on the beach. jjaba | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 2818 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197 |
Looks like the freeways are working like they were designed to work.  | ||
The_nerd Member Username: The_nerd Post Number: 278 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 192.5.109.49 |
^ Yeah, in the waning days of WWII the Luftwaffe used parts of the autobahn for runways. | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 375 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 35.12.20.190 |
I've read stuff about parts of the Interstate system being designed to accomodate military planes in an emergency, but haven't seen authoritative proof of that. A small plane landed on I-69 at Swartz Creek some years back. | ||
Clark1mt Member Username: Clark1mt Post Number: 29 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 4.229.147.47 |
This is not true. Snopes Article | ||
Mattb Member Username: Mattb Post Number: 18 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 209.69.89.30 |
They were interviewing the pilot on the news last night and after he told the story of how he basically had the "thread the needle" to land in between cars (causing NO accidents, by the way), a woman pulled up beside the plane and flipped him the bird!! Don't you just LOVE people! | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 3605 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.173.57 |
Great touchdown. |
