And they say landing on a freeway is a bad idea

[mshunter]

Seems to have worked out well for this guy.

http://abc7.com/small-plane-lands-in-lanes-of-nb-55-fwy-in-costa-mesa/3001206/

 

[derg]

I guess I'm still solidly California. Checking out the freeway signs to figure out how to get north if "The" 405 was closed.

 

[mrivc211]

I drove past that spot at 2pm today lol

 

[MikeD]

I guess I'm still solidly California. Checking out the freeway signs to figure out how to get north if "The" 405 was closed.

You remember the week of pure congestion and traffic hell after American 117 made the emergency landing on the 405 freeway nearly 20 years ago, don't you?

 

[derg]

You remember the week of pure congestion and traffic hell after American 117 made the emergency landing on the 405 freeway nearly 20 years ago, don't you?

Ha! Yes! Has it been that long?

 

[T/O w/FSII]

You remember the week of pure congestion and traffic hell after American 117 made the emergency landing on the 405 freeway nearly 20 years ago, don't you?

Ha! Yes! Has it been that long?

As a LA native I just HAD to google this.

I hate you both right now.

 

[ppragman]

You guys read how he realized he couldn’t make it over the over pass so he went under it? Mad props to him for that alone if he didn’t run it out of gas.

 

[fholbert]

Look at his FlightAware log. That is one active airplane. Thought it may be a rental but the owner was flying it.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9337Q/history

 

[Ajax]

I always fly with a roll of quarters in case I have to put it down on a toll road

 

[NovemberEcho]

This happened on LI last year

 

[texas_pilot]

I always fly with a roll of quarters in case I have to put it down on a toll road

SOP @ TSTC, now?

 

[Ajax]

SOP @ TSTC, now?

No, I think they are getting their planes toll tags.

 

[derg]

As a LA native I just HAD to google this.

I hate you both right now.

Bruh, you knew it was bogus because "the" 405 is slammed that time of the day. They should have swung a left base to "the" 110 and landed on "the" 105.

 

[MikeD]

Bruh, you knew it was bogus because "the" 405 is slammed that time of the day. They should have swung a left base to "the" 110 and landed on "the" 105.

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Is the 105 the 3rd parallel runway to the south complex at LAX?

 

[Cptnchia]

You remember the week of pure congestion and traffic hell after American 117 made the emergency landing on the 405 freeway nearly 20 years ago, don't you?

Ha! Yes! Has it been that long?

As a LA native I just HAD to google this.

I hate you both right now.

It’s called the “Aviation RickRoll!”

 

[Boris Badenov]

Cops on Long Island aren't over-busy, are they?