Small plane crashes on St. Pete road, 4 people taken to hospitals

WTNH News 8, an ABC affiliate ^ | October 19, 2017

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Luckily the plane didn't push the car into a telephone pole or something. Driver must have did some nifty steering to avoid it.

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Incredibly, there doesn’t seem to be a scratch on the SUV.

[Duckdog]

I like to hear the conversation the SUV driver has with his insurance company.

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[Deplorable American1776]

How can you explain to your insurance agent that your car got hit with an airplane...

[mewzilla]

Hopefully they have State Farm ;-)

[Moonman62]

Ask this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JWYzXHVsB0

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I'd like to hear the conversation the SUV driver has with his insurance company.

What about the owner of this car that was struck by a meteorite in Upstate New York?

Peekskill meteorite car, still a hit, heads to Paris for 25th anniversary show

Michael P. McKinney
Oct. 5, 2017

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — Twenty-five years after a meteorite tore through the trunk of a teenager’s Chevy Malibu Classic in this northern Westchester County city, the astonishingly rare event continues to anoint the car with stardust.

The 1980 Chevy will head to Paris over the next few weeks to be part of an exhibition on meteorites at France’s national natural history museum — Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle — the car’s current owner said.

On Oct. 9, 1992, the 26.5-pound space rock — captured by 16 cameras in several eastern states as it alighted across that Friday night sky — crashed through the back of the car owned at the time by 18-year-old Michelle Knapp, who had parked the Chevy in her driveway at 242 Wells St. She had bought the car for about $400.

“It’s going to be celebrating its 25th anniversary by being sent on an ocean cruise,” said Darryl Pitt, who now owns the car as well as portions of the meteorite.

Pitt, who is founder and curator of the Macovich Collection of Meteorites, said the Peekskill meteorite car will travel by container ship for about two weeks and is expected to be exhibited for about four months in Paris. He said the exhibition is called Météorites: Entre Ciel et Terre — (Meteorites, Between Heaven and Earth).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2017/10/05/peekskill-meteorite-car-paris-25th-anniversary-show/737238001/

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Lol! Thanks for the clip. I've created these gifs from it.

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How can you explain to your insurance agent that your car got hit with an airplane...

Especially when there doesn't seem to be any damage whatsoever, although I'm sure there must be some.

[Covenantor]

How can you explain to your insurance agent that your car got hit with an airplane...

A few decades ago a light plane had to put down on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, IIRC, it was a summer friday rush hour. The pilot exhibiting amazing control brought it down on top of a big Detroit iron convertible, perfectly balanced to a rolling stop. News crews rushed to the scene interviewing the young driver, who almost in tears, revealed that he had taken his dad's prized car without permission.

"Uh...dad, let's watch the news before we talk about the car...Ok?"

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The pilot exhibiting amazing control brought it down on top of a big Detroit iron convertible

Some of those cars back then were nearly as big as a friggin aircraft carrier!

I doubt that would work out very well today.

[TheNext]

Ban planes.

We are never safe on our highways until Democrats ban airplanes.

This could be a Vegas style setup. FBI colludes with a Lone Wolf pilot, to crash his plane on a highway, to create support to ban airplanes, for our safety. The unions love it because pilots must then ride the bus. And all small planes and cars must submit to a groping check.

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[Covenantor]

A Cessna 172, depending on engine type, max take off weight is about 2200 to 2500 lbs....quite a bit less than the car.

Smart Car vertical crumple probably not tested nor rated for light aircraft.

;>)

[Deplorable American1776]

That looks smaller than my golf cart....😀

[marktwain]

This could be a Vegas style setup. FBI colludes with a Lone Wolf pilot, to crash his plane on a highway, to create support to ban airplanes, for our safety. The unions love it because pilots must then ride the bus. And all small planes and cars must submit to a groping check. /S

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Yes! and the undeniable fact that the FBI has not yet released the name of the pilot and all passengers, as well as the amount and type of fuel left in the plane’s tanks, is proof of the ISIS connection to the drug smuggling pilot!! /S

[PLMerite]

At least he was trying to land with the flow of traffic.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Honey? I crashed the Mini Van AGAIN, but I swear it wasn’t MY fault this time! HONEST!”

[SaveFerris]

It is definitely not a good thing if a DC-10 (MD-11?) touches down right behind you on the freeway.