On the morning of April 8, confused onlookers saw a plane land in ‘Liaoning road’ in northern Sichuan, drive along for a bit and proceed to go into the petrol station to fill up. The pilot spent 194 RMB on petrol then, under the eyes of a watchful crowd, drove away and took off.
Investigations have revealed that the plane belongs to a Chinese aircraft manufacturing company and the plane was a model from their new line of small civil airplanes. The planes are still in the flight performance testing stage and that day, the crew had forgot to check the oil levels so the pilot (“Andy” from San Francisco) discovered mid air that he didn’t have enough fuel and was forced to stop off and get some.
When questioned on the safety and legality of the landing the company’s Chairman Chen Wei stated: “In terms of security the takeoff and landing did not violate China’s current regulations for low flying aircraft”. No one was in any danger as the road was empty and large enough to accommodate the landing.
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Maybe he had also ran out of water and wrigleys spearmint gum.
Apr 15, 2014 10:20 Report Abuse
Brandishing the Chinese flag, to promote careless Chinese driving even in the air!
Apr 10, 2014 15:14 Report Abuse
Flying a plane without knowing how much fuel was available is pretty silly.
Apr 10, 2014 12:58 Report Abuse
@ Kimemia: What you mean to suggest is known at the "1 in every 5 Rule" in that for every five miles of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System in the USA, one mile must be straight for the purposes of emergency aircraft landings and use during wartime. This is actually a myth. See below two articles for clarification. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/00mayjun/onemileinfive.cfm http://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/the-interstate-runway-myth-5305
Apr 10, 2014 03:21 Report Abuse
Never trust the people here to do their jobs, check the oil levels yourself.
Apr 09, 2014 22:30 Report Abuse
In the US all major roads have a 10 km straight track of tarmac before branching or or turning in order to act as runways during war time.
Apr 09, 2014 21:42 Report Abuse
Standard procedure for all pilots. Most vehicle drivers do not know that (in many countries) the roads are purposely stretched out far enough for potential aircraft emergencies like this. Otherwise you would have planes forcing a crash landing in random areas.
Apr 09, 2014 21:06 Report Abuse
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