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  • Aircraft Lands On N2 [Image]

    15 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone in 1-flying, South Africa, Travel
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    Well, airplanes seem to be a hot topic this morning…

    Whilst this isn’t exactly the Boeing Dreamliner, what these guys did is still no mean feat.

    Pilots Wynand van Niekerk and John-Voght Roussow were flying from Fort Beaufort to George, via Port Elizabeth to re-fuel, when they realised they had an air blockage and fuel was not getting to the engine.

    We realised there was a problem when they fuel light came on. I took the side panel off the inside of the aircraft and saw there was an airlock and no fuel was going through. That is when we made a call to do a precautionary landing.

    Van Niekerk then alerted the PE Air Traffic Control that they were going to do an emergency landing on the N2 near Sundays River.

    I circled the road once looking for a gap between the vehicles and then came in low above the vehicles and landed. As I was landing I had to accelerate to ensure that I outran the cars.
    Once we landed on the road I turned the engine off and veered on the grass middle island. It was definitely an experience. The main concern was to land in a safe area and in an area where the wings wouldn’t clip something.

    Traffic officials blocked the N2 for about 20 minutes whilst Roussow, who is a mechanic, fixed the problem. They then took off again and made their way to PE airport and finally to George.

    Never a dull moment…

    [Source: Herald Live]

     

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