Pilot lands on VT Highway
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Pilot lands on VT Highway
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March 1, 2004, 9:58 AM EST
Pilot lands on VT Highway
SUNDERLAND, Vt. -- A Dix Hills pilot made an emergency landing along a Vermont highway yesterday morning, swooping down over one motorist before landing in front of an overpass - and then coasting under it.
The pilot, Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, 52, of Dix Hills, and three passengers from Long Island were unharmed after the plane's engine failed.
Epstein, a neurosurgeon, Brad Litwak, an anesthesiologist and two other friends were headed to Rutland airport for a day of skiing when the 1997 Beechcraft Bonanza's engine gave out, said Sgt. Mike Marvin of Vermont State Police.
The single-engine propeller plane had taken off from Farmingdale about 8:15 a.m. Epstein radioed Albany airport for the nearest emergency landing site after losing the engine, Marvin said.
"They're lucky ...............
March 1, 2004, 9:58 AM EST
Pilot lands on VT Highway
SUNDERLAND, Vt. -- A Dix Hills pilot made an emergency landing along a Vermont highway yesterday morning, swooping down over one motorist before landing in front of an overpass - and then coasting under it.
The pilot, Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, 52, of Dix Hills, and three passengers from Long Island were unharmed after the plane's engine failed.
Epstein, a neurosurgeon, Brad Litwak, an anesthesiologist and two other friends were headed to Rutland airport for a day of skiing when the 1997 Beechcraft Bonanza's engine gave out, said Sgt. Mike Marvin of Vermont State Police.
The single-engine propeller plane had taken off from Farmingdale about 8:15 a.m. Epstein radioed Albany airport for the nearest emergency landing site after losing the engine, Marvin said.
"They're lucky ...............
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You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be able to land on a highway.
Oh sorry, it seems that you do.
(Interestingly enough the story states that Dr. Epstein is a neurosurgeon and then later he's a heart surgeon, does the journo need a dictionary or is he just a right smart alec?)
Oh sorry, it seems that you do.
(Interestingly enough the story states that Dr. Epstein is a neurosurgeon and then later he's a heart surgeon, does the journo need a dictionary or is he just a right smart alec?)
