Dramatic crash-landing caught on video in Riverside [CA] County

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[BenLurkin]

Fortunately, no one was hurt.

The crash-landing happened at 12:31 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the freeway near Lincoln Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Dramatic video obtained by KTLA shows the single-engine Piper Cherokee dropping from the sky, hitting the freeway, and then leaving a trail of burning fuel as it slides toward the sound barrier.

The plane also hit a truck carrying three people.

Incredibly, both the pilot and passenger on the plane and all three occupants in the truck escaped unharmed.

[BenLurkin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ojcVXJ5-10

[VTenigma]

Comin’ in HOT!

[Delta 21]

You can’t go 4 wide into that turn!

[VTenigma]

LOL

[sevlex]

Boogity, boogity, boogity!

Let’s go crashin’!

[corkoman]

Did it break the sound barrier? that would have woke the neighbors.

[BipolarBob]

At least he had the sense of mind to stay out of the HOV lane. That would have been a fine.

[BipolarBob]

Dramatic video obtained by KTLA shows the single-engine Piper Cherokee dropping from the sky, hitting the freeway, and then leaving a trail of burning fuel as it slides toward the sound barrier.

It looked way too slow to be approaching the sound barrier. Journalism these days.

[DAC21]

Only about 10 miles up the road from me. All lucky to be alive.

[BenLurkin]

She must be talking about the sound wall. (Confused perhaps with median barrier.)

[Bikkuri]

"toward the sound barrier"

🤔

"hit a truck carrying three people"

Were they legal?

"Incredibly, both the pilot and passenger on the plane and all three occupants in the truck escaped unharmed."

How can ANY of them be unharmed when they crashed with a flame chasing going the sound barrier?
😂🤣

[eastexsteve]

The cause of the engine failure doesn’t appear to be lack of fuel. He spilled plenty of that when the wing tanks ruptured.

[minnesota_bound]

So when is my second lesson?

https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=875,quality=100,fit=scale-down/system/media_attachments/files/113/097/795/original/43d885fc9233e7b3.jpeg

[Paal Gulli]

One less Cherokee.

[minnesota_bound]

How do I land?
https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=875,quality=100,fit=scale-down/system/media_attachments/files/113/098/081/original/0aef11a58f7c4bfa.jpeg

[Delta 21]

I didn’t think a Piper Cherokee could go that fast.

[Bikkuri]

"I didn’t think a Piper Cherokee could go that fast."

Must be some of that Area 51 stuff (including the supersonic fuel that is flaming, but harmless).

[philman_36]

Incredibly, both the pilot and passenger on the plane and all three occupants in the truck escaped unharmed.

I am of an age and time when the word 'miraculously' would have been used there.
Sadly, it isn't here in this writing, which speaks to the reporter.