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		Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Especially if a train is involved (news24.com)		19
		More: Scary, crash landing, Civil Aviation Authority, Pretoria, Durban, trains, Cessna, KwaZulu-Natal

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vossiewulf		2012-05-12 04:51:58 PM

Point02GPA		2012-05-12 05:45:13 PM

Some of the names used, in the article, sound like noises you hear in the waiting room down at the Veterans Hospital.

Iron Felix		2012-05-12 05:46:23 PM

naughtyrev		2012-05-12 05:56:07 PM

I landed a whale once...I walked a few days later....I'll never forget, nor shall my friends.

I'm an excellent driver		2012-05-12 06:01:10 PM

This was the fourth plane crash in KwaZulu-Natal in the last two weeks.

www.genealogyworld.net

buckler		2012-05-12 06:02:42 PM

Jefferies was unimpressed with the unauthorised landing. "During the brief conversation we had, they told me that they were going to land and then call me, but that is not how these things are done and I did not see any emergency."

Wow. What a dick.

buckler		2012-05-12 06:03:19 PM

buckler: Wow. What a ~~dick.~~ Dyk. Sorry.

BC		2012-05-12 06:09:18 PM

Pretoria?

rebelyell2006		2012-05-12 06:14:51 PM

Tshwane?

Pray 4 Mojo		2012-05-12 06:17:03 PM

Iron Felix: [upload.wikimedia.org image 250x167]

BC: Pretoria?

[upload.wikimedia.org image 250x167]

rebelyell2006: Tshwane?

[upload.wikimedia.org image 250x167]

Came for these... satisfied.

/But not leaving

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros		2012-05-12 06:18:56 PM

I guess someone isn't old enough to remember Knott's Landing.

farkityfarker		2012-05-12 07:08:37 PM

I can't pull up the article, but the Fark headline reminds me of the time a small plane ran out of fuel and had to make an emergency landing on the railroad tracks right next to where I used to work.

The pilot did manage to walk away, but it took a few hours to disassemble the plane and remove it. I doubt BNSF or Amtrak was happy having the tracks blocked for that long.

braedan		2012-05-12 07:13:49 PM

/agrees with the headline

Obergruppenfarker		2012-05-12 07:23:18 PM

I would think that farkers would know by now that if you link to a site in South Africa, you will crash the country's internet.

/not joking
//try living there

Marcintosh		2012-05-12 07:40:33 PM

braedan: [www.hotflick.net image 640x480]

/agrees with the headline

Hey! That's my hero!
Thanks

styckx		2012-05-12 09:04:24 PM

This guy sounds like he was trained to pilot a plane by playing BF3.

studebaker hoch		2012-05-12 09:58:19 PM

The men, who are said to be from Pretoria, were flying back to Gauteng in the afternoon when they apparently lost their bearings.

They spotted the private Zinkwazi airfield near Michaelhouse school in Balgowan, and they tried to make an emergency landing.

I hope TFA left out the "they were completely out of fuel" part.

cgraves67		2012-05-12 10:16:42 PM

I bet he and his passenger climbed out casually and put their sunglasses on as they walked away and didn't look back as the plane was smashed to pieces.