Plane makes emergency landing on major US road
The plane came down south of Chicago (Screengrab/ABC)
A stalled engine forced the pilot of a small aircraft to make an emergency landing on a major US road south of Chicago, according to authorities.
The pilot and three passengers were aboard the single-engine Beechcraft B24R when it landed on the southbound lanes of Interstate 355, near Interstate 80, close to New Lenox, Illinois state police said.
The 39-year-old pilot, a 15-year-old girl and two women aged 20 and 21 were taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox for checks after suffering minor neck pain, officers added.
Probable cause of accident and fire still under investigation
Richard Speed Tue 11 May 2021 // 12:15 UTC Share
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published a preliminary report into last month s fatal crash involving a 2019 Tesla Model S in Texas.
The crash happened at approximately 21:07 local time on 17 April this year. Two men entered the car, one in the driver s seat and the other in the front passenger seat (according to home security camera footage).
The Tesla then drove off, travelled about 167 metres before leaving the road on a curve, driving over a curb, hitting a drainage culvert, a raised manhole and a tree, the report found.
Tesla owner in fiery Texas crash was initially driving car
The Tesla logo. Investigators in Texas say the owner of a Tesla Model S whose body was found in the back seat after a fiery crash was at least initially in the driver’s seat.
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The owner of a Tesla Inc. Model S that slammed into a tree last month, who died along with a passenger, was behind the wheel when the car left his house shortly before the crash.
A surveillance camera at the driver’s home in a Houston suburb captured the owner entering the driver’s seat before the car slowly drove away and accelerated, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Monday.
The owner of a Tesla Inc. Model S that slammed into a tree last month, who died along with a passenger, was behind the wheel when the car left his house shortly before the crash.
A home surveillance camera captured the owner entering the driver’s seat before the car slowly drove away and accelerated, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Monday.
Police in the Houston suburb had initially said it appeared that nobody was behind the wheel. The driver’s body was found in the back seat and another person was in the passenger’s seat after a fire.