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Pilot pulled out of crashed plane seconds before train hits it in Los Angeles (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Jan 2022
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Lovie777
(12,390 posts)1. WOW.....
and this is "real" life.
llashram
(6,265 posts)2. glad he made it
Walleye
(31,123 posts)3. That is the best spot news footage I've seen in a while. And what courage those guys had!
Are they LAPD?
viva la
(3,358 posts)4. It looked like someone else was struck by part of the wing
when the train barreled through.
Boy, you know it's not your day when:
Your private plane's engine fails.
You have to crash land.
You land on a railroad track.
The train is coming in a minute.
blue sky at night
(3,242 posts)5. We lost a friend in a Crash...
the day before Thanksgiving...this was hard to watch. His Business Partner gave the Eulogy and at one point let it all out for us; F U C K small aircraft! I couldn't agree more. RIP Rick.
Aussie105
(5,478 posts)6. Hey! You can't park THAT thing THERE!
Glad it ended up well.
Quick and brave action saved lives - good to see.
Pilot better check his health and plane insurance . . .
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Rhiannon12866
(206,601 posts)8. Yikes!
Excellent quick work by the EMTs!