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Old 09-23-2007, 05:07 PM
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Default Please remain seated for landing …

IT WAS like a scene out of a movie. A small cargo plane, flying over a busy highway, began losing steam and doing cartwheels in the sky over Florida.

Then it struck a warehouse, clipping its right wing, and crashed into a grassy swale on the side of the road — just metres from oncoming traffic.

The pilot of the fixed-wing twin-engine Beech 18, Robert Robertson, survived, with only minor injuries. The only person on board, Mr Robertson broke his left leg, left arm and nose and has a gash on his forehead.

"It was his lucky day," said witness Stewart McLeod. "The entire front of the plane was gone, and he was left sitting in his seat with his seatbelt on."

Click here for the rest of the story and a crazy picture of the pilot sitting in the wreckage.

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Old 09-23-2007, 06:04 PM
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Default Re: Please remain seated for landing …

Someone was looking out for him that day. Thats just crazy.
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Definitely Not his 'time'...
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He really had a "higher power" watching over him!! One lucky guy!
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If he was fueled up for a trip from FL to the Bahamas, where's the fire? Sounds like the engine cutout because he forgot the gas. :shock:
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Dayum. :shock:
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