Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Watch the terrifying moment a small plane lands on an SUV at a Texas airport

A small plane careened into an SUV at an airport outside Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, injuring the driver of the car, who was traveling on a privately owned road near the airport. 
Video footage captured the moment that the two-seater plane lowered over the runway in preparation for landing, when a black SUV suddenly comes into view. The car is driving perpendicular to the plane's path, and the two meet for a split second. 
The wheels of the plane hit the roof of the SUV, causing one wheel to fly off the plane, and the SUV appeared close to tipping over.

Closing in: The plane small two-seater plane approaches the runway
Closing in: The plane small two-seater plane approaches the runway
Getting closer: The black SUV drives right into the plane's landing path without stopping or slowing
Getting closer: The black SUV drives right into the plane's landing path without stopping or slowing

Collision: The plane and the SUV collide, sending one of the plane's wheels flying into the air
Collision: The plane and the SUV collide, sending one of the plane's wheels flying into the air
The plane then landed on its belly and skidded off the runway until it came to a complete stop in a patch of grass.
The pilot's wife captured the scene on video from where she was watching her husband practice to earn his pilot's license. The pilot, William Davis, said he is going to give up flying after his close call, according to WFAA
Never flying again: The pilot, William Davis, pictured with his wife, said he is going to give up flying after his close call
Never flying again: The pilot, William Davis, pictured with his wife, said he is going to give up flying after his close call
After the plane landed, the airport manager ran out to the car to ask if anyone was hurt.

'Why did you pull out in front of an airplane, is what I wanna know?' he's heard saying on a video clip of the crash.
Northwest Regional Airport is a small landing strip with hangars on both sides of the runway and a road at one end that connects each side
Northwest Regional Airport is a small landing strip with hangars on both sides of the runway and a road at one end that connects each side
The driver sounded exasperated as she responded that she did not see the plane. She was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Stop signs are painted on the pavement where the plans cross the privately owned road before landing.
Crash landing: The plane landed on its belly and skidded off the runway until it came to a complete stop in a patch of grass
Crash landing: The plane landed on its belly and skidded off the runway until it came to a complete stop in a patch of grass
Northwest Regional Airport, where the crash happened, is a small landing strip used mostly by recreational fliers. It has hangars on both sides of the runway, with a road at one end that connects each side.
'When cars cross that area they are supposed to stop and wait for any airplanes,' Deputy Chief Gilbert Caldwell of the Roanoke Fire Department told WFAA. 'Either the plane didn’t see the car or the car didn’t see the plane.'

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