"I'm ecstatic that I'm alive": A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in the middle of a highway
The plane experienced engine trouble, landed about 80 km south of Los Angeles and hit a van. The two occupants of the plane were rescued from the burning wreckage on the side of the road. "I was thinking about my family," the pilot repeated, "I'm just very happy that the only thing lost was the plane itself "
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10/08/2022
Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 9:48 p.m. Updated: 10:08 p.m.
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A plane made an emergency landing in the middle of a highway in California, the two people sitting on the plane were rescued from the burning wreckage.
The plane, a Piper PA-32, flying to the airport in the city of Corona, California, experienced engine trouble, landed about 80 km south of Los Angeles and hit a pickup truck. The firefighters put out the fire that broke out on the spot. Injuries to people on the ground After the crash, travel lanes were closed near the Buena Vista Avenue exit in the area.
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The pilot, Andrew Chu, was forced to make a quick decision, hanging between heaven and earth.
"On the right side of my plane I saw the highway, and my biggest fear was, of course, hitting other cars," he recalled.
"But I saw enough profit there, and I just headed there."
After he was rescued he said, "I'm ecstatic that I'm alive."
Cho said that in the moments of truth he thought of his family.
"I'm just very happy that the only thing that was lost was the plane itself," he noted.
The driver of the van that was hit, Armando Ramirez, said that while he was driving from Santa Ana, California, he felt something hit the back of his vehicle.
He said he was lucky he wasn't more seriously injured.
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