Plane lands on busy N7 highway
2013-01-09 09:05
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The Cessna 210 suddenly developed engine problems while flying a circular route from the Stellenbosch airfield. The pilot was forced to land on R43 between Worcester and Villiersdorp.
Cape Town - A learner pilot had to land his small plane on
the busy N7, the main route between Cape Town and Namibia, on Tuesday after running out of
fuel.
An inspector from the Jaffie flight school in Vredendal said
the learner pilot of a Cessna 172 realised his fuel was running out and decided
to do a preventative landing outside Vanrhynsdorp, reported Die
Burger.
Fortunately there were not a lot of cars on the N7 at the
time and no one was injured.
The right lane of the highway was closed to traffic for
about an hour-and-a-half until more fuel arrived and the plane could take off
again for Vredendal.
Koos Liebenberg from Jaffie flight school said it was not an emergency landing.
“Learner pilots sometimes get into worse situations than
that.”
The plane was not damaged.
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