Plane lands on Central Expressway
Posted on 07/31/2002 2:12:28 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Plane lands on Central Expressway
07/31/2002
A small airplane scheduled to arrive at the Addison Airport early Wednesday morning made an emergency landing on Central Expressway in Plano.
Plano police said the plane ran out of gas around 1 a.m. and landed in the southbound lanes of Central near Collin Creek Mall. The pilot, a man, and two women were aboard the four-passenger aircraft. No injuries were reported.
The pilot told police he was looking for a place to land, and saw that there was no traffic on the freeway.
A wrecker was called in to tow the plane away. The freeway was then cleared and re-opened.
I've heard of this being done before, and I've never heard a reason given why they don't just put gas in the plane and fly it to an airport.
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