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Video shows small plane clip pickup truck during emergency landing on busy Florida road
A small plane made an emergency landing on Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers after a mechanical problem, clipping the rear of a moving pickup truck as it touched down. The incident, captured on video, caused no injuries, and the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
The aircraft had departed Sebring at about 11am on Saturday and landed around 11.50am near Interstate 75. Two pilots were on board; the pickup was travelling eastbound. The close call came less than a week after a Learjet crash in Greenacres killed all nine people aboard.
In short
- A small plane clipped a pickup during an emergency landing in Florida.
- Two pilots were aboard; no one was injured.
- The FAA is investigating the mechanical problem.
Explained simply
North Fort Myers is in south-west Florida, where Bayshore Road runs near Interstate 75. Small planes use local airports such as Sebring, and pilots may need to land away from an airport if an aircraft develops a problem.
The Federal Aviation Administration, the US agency that oversees civil aviation, investigates incidents involving aircraft. Its work can help establish what happened and whether safety rules or procedures need attention.
The incident comes amid wider attention to aviation safety in Florida after a Learjet crash in Greenacres killed nine people. The two events are separate; the circumstances and causes of each need to be established independently.