Dramatic video shows the moment the pilot of a small plane made a “textbook” emergency landing on just one wheel.
Footage from Tuesday afternoon shows the Cape Air Cessna 402C heading back to Boston’s Logan Airport after detecting a landing gear problem soon after taking off for Maine, WCVB reported.
As the aircraft approached the airport, only the wheel under its left wing was extended — which the pilot managed to land on smoothly. The plane eventually veered to the side without a wheel before skidding to a halt, the footage shows.
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The plane’s pilot and two passengers — including a Cape Air trainee — quickly got out, all uninjured.
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“It was a textbook landing. He did it exactly right,” aviation expert John Nance told WCVB, emphasizing that the pilot’s training likely saved the day from the rare emergency.