Police pull pilot from plane moments before train crash


Recommended Posts

A pilot who crashed a small plane onto railroad tracks was pulled alive from the wreck by a group of Los Angeles Police officers just moments before a commuter train roared through, authorities said.

 

Video of the harrowing rescue shows the officers pulling the bloodied man to safety seconds before the commuter train, blaring its horn, smashed the Cessna 172 into pieces.

 

The plane crashed around 2:10 p.m. Sunday, shortly after takeoff from Whiteman Airport in the San Fernando Valley community of Pacoima, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The timestamp on a police officer’s body camera shows the train smashing the plane at 2:15 p.m.

 

Source: https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-b521e05f4217dafc0bcb9697409d923

 

 

Pilot should go buy a lottery ticket, and props to those police officers!

  • Like 3

Wow. Very lucky to be alive. I feel bad on how they had to pull him from the wreckage. That will be a rough one on both the pilot and the officers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.