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Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Long Island Beach Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Long Island Beach
Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Long Island Beach It wasn’t the most ideal runway, but a pilot still managed to land their small plane safely on a Long Island beach. Emergency crews were called at around 12:15 p.m. Monday, June 24, after a single-engine Piper PA-28 plane made an emergency landing on Fire Island’s Atlantique Beach. Two people were on board and there were no reports of injuries, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). David New, who witnessed the unexpected landing from roughly 50 feet away told CBS News the plane was wobbling as it came in before the nose hit the sand and the aircraft flipped straight up. …

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by Michael Mashburn