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A plane in Quebec makes an emergency landing on the highway and rather than stop or have emergency vehicles, the drivers just keep driving.  They let the plane merge into the slow land (of course) and just switch lanes and pass.  Only in Quebec.

 



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ROFLMAO!



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Well. That's something you don't see everyday.

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seems staged but if not that is one talented pilot.

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Hi Tig!

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seems staged but if not that is one talented pilot.

 Apparently not staged!  Something happened on the left side - you can see the smoke.  Made the national news.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-quebec-city-1.5534384



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Should planes be allowed to land on highways?

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Landing on a highway puts innocent people at risk so not really sure I support that.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Landing on a highway puts innocent people at risk so not really sure I support that.

I can remember hearing stories as a kid, from my Dad, and uncles, who served during WWII. They said that about 1 mile out of every 5, of the interstate highways, were straight enough for a military plane to land on, in an emergency.

Did they ever have to do it? I don't know.

Highways are supposed to be for cars and trucks. 

I would think, a plane would land on one, only in the case of a dire emergency.

Innocent motorists would be in danger.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Should planes be allowed to land on highways?

 Of course not.  It should crash into a mountain instead.  That way, no lives lost. confuse



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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

seems staged but if not that is one talented pilot.

 Apparently not staged!  Something happened on the left side - you can see the smoke.  Made the national news.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-quebec-city-1.5534384

 This situation has happened near me.  Without the use of a runway, Highways are the best landing place.



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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Tignanello wrote:
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seems staged but if not that is one talented pilot.

 Apparently not staged!  Something happened on the left side - you can see the smoke.  Made the national news.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-quebec-city-1.5534384

 This situation has happened near me.  Without the use of a runway, Highways are the best landing place.

In this case, the pilot made a good decision. Traffic was light. He was flying above the highway for a long enough time, for the motorists to figure out he was in trouble, and needed to land.

These situations are probably few, and far between. No need for more laws, IMHO.

In a dire emergency, and light traffic...land the plane on the highway.

It just makes sense, to me.

 

 



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I asked a reasonable question about the potential loss Of innocent life landing on a highway. Obviously the tragedy could be even greater by doing so.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I asked a reasonable question about the potential loss Of innocent life landing on a highway. Obviously the tragedy could be even greater by doing so.

Yes, your question was reasonable.

But, there is no one answer, that would fit every situation.

Should a plane, in trouble, attempt to land on cars, in bumper to bumper traffic? Of course not!

When traffic is light. And, in this case, it was daytime. The pilot wasn't in so much trouble, that he didn't have time to make his intentions known...

Well, that was a happy ending, to this story.

No loss of life! Yeehaw!smile



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I would think if drivers see a plane coming their way flying really, really low, common sense would kick in and they'd slow down to make way.



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Forever Sunshine wrote:

I would think if drivers see a plane coming their way flying really, really low, common sense would kick in and they'd slow down to make way.

 Yep



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Forever Sunshine wrote:

I would think if drivers see a plane coming their way flying really, really low, common sense would kick in and they'd slow down to make way.

 Yep

That happened!

No loss of life. That was a good out come.smile 



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Very cool watching it land

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