• Its Freeway Landing Season Again

    From Geoff Rove@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 2 18:23:59 2021
    "NEW LENOX, Ill. (WLS) -- Part of I-355 was closed for several hours Thursday after a small plane landed on the Tollway near New Lenox.
    "It just dropped right out of the sky," said witness Ed.

    Family members also said the pilot is very experienced and that the plane took off from Lewis University Airport. The pilot, who is the father of two of the girls, took them for a ride to enjoy the nice weather, family said.
    She is in a lot of pain in her back," McKim's mom Michele said.

    The plane was only in the air for about five minutes before making the crash landing, according to flight records.
    Drivers nearby were shocked to see the plane slimming down onto the expressway. "I did not expect it," Dieringer added. "You are just driving and right in front of you this thing drops."
    Police said the emergency landing was due to unknown mechanical issues.
    During the landing, family members told ABC7 that the plane hit a barrier. https://abc7chicago.com/emergency-landing-new-lenox-i355-plane-landed-on-highway/10626989/

    "MAY 31, 2021 8:55 PM PT
    A small plane landed Monday evening on the 101 Freeway in Westlake Village, disrupting traffic as drivers were returning home at the end of Memorial Day weekend.

    Nobody was injured when the single-engine Cessna landed in the southbound lanes near Lindero Canyon Road just before 7 p.m., said Michael , a supervising fire dispatcher at the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
    Rescue workers managed to guide the plane down the freeway’s Reyes Adobe Road exit ramp in Agoura Hills in less than an hour, authorities said. Several highway signs needed to be cut down to make room for the plane’s wings, they said."

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-31/plane-lands-101-freeway-westlake-village

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  • From Geoff Rove@21:1/5 to Geoff Rove on Wed Jan 11 17:38:33 2023
    On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:24:01 PM UTC-5, Geoff Rove wrote:
    "NEW LENOX, Ill. (WLS) -- Part of I-355 was closed for several hours Thursday after a small plane landed on the Tollway near New Lenox.
    "It just dropped right out of the sky," said witness Ed.

    Family members also said the pilot is very experienced and that the plane took off from Lewis University Airport. The pilot, who is the father of two of the girls, took them for a ride to enjoy the nice weather, family said.
    She is in a lot of pain in her back," McKim's mom Michele said.

    The plane was only in the air for about five minutes before making the crash landing, according to flight records.
    Drivers nearby were shocked to see the plane slimming down onto the expressway.
    "I did not expect it," Dieringer added. "You are just driving and right in front of you this thing drops."
    Police said the emergency landing was due to unknown mechanical issues. During the landing, family members told ABC7 that the plane hit a barrier. https://abc7chicago.com/emergency-landing-new-lenox-i355-plane-landed-on-highway/10626989/

    "MAY 31, 2021 8:55 PM PT
    A small plane landed Monday evening on the 101 Freeway in Westlake Village, disrupting traffic as drivers were returning home at the end of Memorial Day weekend.

    Nobody was injured when the single-engine Cessna landed in the southbound lanes near Lindero Canyon Road just before 7 p.m., said Michael , a supervising fire dispatcher at the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
    Rescue workers managed to guide the plane down the freeway’s Reyes Adobe Road exit ramp in Agoura Hills in less than an hour, authorities said. Several highway signs needed to be cut down to make room for the plane’s wings, they said."

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-31/plane-lands-101-freeway-westlake-village

    And another yesterday
    BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) -- A small plane landed on the side of the road on Interstate 355 near Boughton Road in Bolingbrook Tuesday afternoon.

    As CBS 2's Jermont Terry reported, traffic was back moving on the Veterans Memorial Tollway Tuesday night – hours after the plane came out of nowhere and just pulled up next to traffic.

    The Bolingbrook Fire Department said it responded around 2 p.m. to the southbound lanes for the plane. The pilot was traveling from Middleton, Wisconsin, near Madison, to Brookeridge Airpark in Downers Grove when he reported experiencing a loss of power.

    Brookeridge people are jerks.

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