Mon Jan 10, 2022, 01:51 PM

oldsoftie (10,268 posts)

Officers rescue pilot seconds before train hits crashed airplane on railroad tracks

Source: USA Today

Officers in California saved a pilot who crashed onto railroad tracks seconds before a train smashed the wreckage into pieces.

On Sunday, a Cessna 172 made an emergency landing around 2 p.m. PT shorty after takeoff from Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, according to the Associated Press.

Two officers from the Los Angeles Police Department can be seen on body camera footage pulling the bloodied pilot to safety moments before the train collided with the aircraft.

"Go, go go!" one of the officers shouted while running away.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/10/plane-hit-by-train-california/9155052002/

A scene you usually only see in a movie. Just amazing they got him out.

(the pilot is a little bloody if that sight bothers anyone)

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Officers rescue pilot seconds before train hits crashed airplane on railroad tracks (Original post)	oldsoftie	Jan 2022	OP
Amazing rescue!!!!!	secondwind	Jan 2022	#1
Awesome...true heroes.	Guilded Lilly	Jan 2022	#2
Whooo	3auld6phart	Jan 2022	#3
It appears that nobody but the pilot who crashed, was hurt.	ColinC	Jan 2022	#4
Amazing	wryter2000	Jan 2022	#5
My s-i-l is a pilot	Marthe48	Jan 2022	#6
Holy Crap!!	Bayard	Jan 2022	#7
Didnt think about that but exactly like it	oldsoftie	Jan 2022	#10
True heroism!!!!!	Karadeniz	Jan 2022	#8
Dupe.....	brooklynite	Jan 2022	#9
I'm willing to bet that won't be covered by his insurance.	malthaussen	Jan 2022	#11

Response to oldsoftie (Original post)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 01:57 PM

secondwind (16,743 posts)

1. Amazing rescue!!!!!

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 02:15 PM

Guilded Lilly (5,572 posts)

2. Awesome...true heroes.

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 02:22 PM

3auld6phart (634 posts)

3. Whooo

That was a near run thing. The officers should gat recognition for
that rescue. Any body hurt?

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 02:32 PM

ColinC (7,137 posts)

4. It appears that nobody but the pilot who crashed, was hurt.

Very impressive.

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 02:34 PM

wryter2000 (44,739 posts)

5. Amazing

Those officers are heroes.

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 02:41 PM

Marthe48 (11,633 posts)

6. My s-i-l is a pilot

He has been a pilot for 20 years, flies for a commercial airline, but just bought a Cessna, mainly to get back and forth to his hub. I don't think I'll show him the video.

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 02:57 PM

Bayard (17,651 posts)