Comments on: Plane Lands on Freeway, Engine Repaired, Plane Takes Off Again

By: mike3481

mike3481 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:22:58 +0000

Cool Video.

American common sense and ingenuity on full display.

By: Reagan T.

Reagan T. — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:05:48 +0000

the engine seized and they repaired it in 3 hours? ummm… I don’t think the poster knew what they were talking about.

“A 1977 Cessna C150 landed just before noon after an oil pressure light came on” (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/)

I think that they just ran the thing out of oil.

By: Tom in CO

Tom in CO — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:13:59 +0000

You can thank Eisenhower for that! Well I’m pretty sure it was Eisenhower. Made a bill that required 1 out of every 5 miles of highway were to be made straight in case a plane needed to land on it as an emergency runway.

By: Firebad

Firebad — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:30:22 +0000

Tom the story i heard was that it was made strait so that in event of a foriegn invasion it could be used as makeshift airstrips.

Anyways, ONLY in Florida does this happen on a regular basis. been quite a few times small airplanes have landed on highways here.

By: CBL

CBL — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:22:34 +0000

Definitely would be an interesting site to see