US pilot survives crash shortly following takeoff Rescue just before the train crash a few minutes later
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Yu-ri = In the United States, a light plane crashed on a train track due to a breakdown and was hit by an oncoming train, but the pilot was rescued with a short delay, and the AP reported on the 11th (local time) ) reported.
According to reports, a light plane driven by a male pilot at an airport in Los Angeles, California on the 10th suffered an engine problem right following takeoff and plummeted to the ground.
(AFP = Yonhap News) Police officers rescue a pilot following a light plane crashed into a train track in Los Angeles, USA on the 10th (local time). Shortly following rescue, the plane crashed into a train and shattered. Resale and DB Prohibited.
The pilot, the only passenger, managed to survive shortly following the crash. He did not lose consciousness, but was caught in the cockpit, covered in blood.
But in an instant, the crisis of death came once more.
Apparently, the plane crashed on a commuter train track.
The train, which was running from afar, did not stop and crashed into the wreckage of the plane.
It was the police officers who responded to the accident report and rescued the pilot at the desperate moment.
LA police officers dispatched to the scene jumped into the plane without hesitation, even in the dire situation of a train honking in front of them.
They shouted ‘Go G0 Go’ and managed to pull the pilot out of the wrinkled cockpit like a piece of paper.
After the pilot was rescued, it took only seconds for the train to hit the plane, the Associated Press reported.
Police officers rescue the pilot following a light plane crashed into a track in Los Angeles on the 10th (local time). Shortly following rescue, the plane crashed into a train and shattered.
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The police station’s location not far from the crash site allowed officers to arrive at the scene immediately following receiving a report of the crash, the Associated Press added.
Police explained that following receiving the report, they immediately requested to stop all train operations, but that was not the case.
Police officer Robert Sherlock, who was dispatched to the scene, described the dizzying moment, saying, “I saw a train rushing towards us at full speed right in front of us.”
“The pilot has to buy a lottery ticket, because he escaped death twice in 10 minutes,” he said.
Another police officer, Damien Castro, said, “My usual training and experience seem to have paid off in the field.”
The pilot is being treated at the hospital.
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