Pilot Makes ‘Impressive’ Emergency Plane Landing on Busy Georgia Road
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A pilot of an aircraft experiencing problems made an impressive landing on a busy Georgia road, and viewers were highly impressed by his skill.
Ruben Lugo (@rlugo_) shared the footage on TikTok, writing in the caption, “Plane just landed. Hope everyone is ok.”
The video shows a small airplane rapidly descending onto a busy road, miraculously avoiding power lines and overhanging wires and landing before crashing into bollards in the middle of the road and into slow-moving traffic.
According to a report by Fox5Atlanta, the single-engine plane had made an emergency landing on a busy road in Gainesville, Georgia, on Monday during the lunchtime rush, striking three vehicles.
The aircraft, a 2010 Hawker Beechcraft BE-36, went down around 12:10 p.m. at the intersection of Browns Bridge Road and Pearl Nix Parkway after experiencing engine trouble shortly after departing Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport.
Pilot Thomas Rogers said the aircraft lost engine power shortly after takeoff and was unable to make it back to the airport.
Gainesville Police Capt. Kevin Holbrook said the plane struck three cars during the landing and knocked a fuel tank into the back of an SUV, but avoided power lines and poles.
The incident caused only “minor” injuries, and Holbrook called the outcome “absolutely remarkable” given the circumstances.
The outlet did not report how much damage was caused by the plane.
The video has now been viewed more than 6.9 million times, and commenters were in awe of Rogers’ landing.
“[Not gonna lie], if a plane hit my car while doing an emergency landing and that’s the only thing he hit, I’m giving him a handshake,” one wrote.
“Thank God no one was hurt,” another user posted. “My brother knows the pilot personally – it was an engine failure. He did amazing with the landing.”
One contributor who claimed to be a pilot pointed out, “He nailed that emergency landing. How he avoided all those wires is beyond me.”
Finally, multiple individuals noted how unreal the entire situation must have seemed.
“Imagine being at a light, minding your business, and a plane hits your car,” one user wrote.
Newsweek has reached out to Lugo for comment via TikTok, as well as the Gainesville Police Department via email.
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