Steven P. Administrators Posted January 10, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 10, 2022 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! SecretAgentMan, adrynalyne and Jim K 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1414457-police-pull-pilot-from-plane-moments-before-train-crash/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 In the immortal words of Joe Dirt: Daaaaaang! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1414457-police-pull-pilot-from-plane-moments-before-train-crash/#findComment-598703104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 When it comes to close calls, that's about as close as you ever want to come. Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1414457-police-pull-pilot-from-plane-moments-before-train-crash/#findComment-598703808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jester124 Subscriber² Posted January 12, 2022 Subscriber² Share Posted January 12, 2022 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. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1414457-police-pull-pilot-from-plane-moments-before-train-crash/#findComment-598703812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted January 12, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted January 12, 2022 Wow. Lucky pilot...quick reaction/extraction by the officers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1414457-police-pull-pilot-from-plane-moments-before-train-crash/#findComment-598703830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 12/01/2022 at 16:56, Jim K said: Wow. Lucky pilot...quick reaction/extraction by the officers. Cops and firefighters, gotta love 'em on days like this. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1414457-police-pull-pilot-from-plane-moments-before-train-crash/#findComment-598703833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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