USA level crossing collision

infoman

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USA level crossing collision

« on: January 10, 2022, 06:10:55 »

Sky news are showing footage of a person being pulled from a light plane that made, I presume, an emergency landing on a road/level crossing area.

Person rescued just before a train smashed into the plane that had ended up on the railway level crossing.


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Bmblbzzz

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Re: USA level crossing collision

« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2022, 09:52:58 »

I was going to say, level crossing collisions are ten a penny in the USA – I read recently there's one every four hours – but a level crossing collision involving a plane is a bit unusual!


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broadgage

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Re: USA level crossing collision

« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2022, 22:33:59 »

Dramatic video of this was shown on BBC^» TV news at about 22-25 this evening.
The pilot was dragged clear with only about one second to spare, the plane was damaged by the forced landing, and then totally destroyed by the train.

Pilot injured but no other injuries reported.


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It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU^▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.

JayMac

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Re: USA level crossing collision

« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2022, 00:09:53 »

Link to the police bodycam video on the BBC^» :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59946362

Also, Air Traffic Control communication during the incident:

There's also video circulating from an eyewitness. A very lucky eyewitness, who narrowly avoided serious injury from flying debris, following the collision between train and Cessna.


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