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Driving lesson on runway, pilot averts crash

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    Another good move by a pilot.


    Driving lesson on runway, pilot averts crash

    Tue Mar 17, 8:59 am ET

    MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine plane with 80 passengers aboard was seconds away from a crash when a man teaching his girlfriend to drive sped across the runway as the aircraft landed, newspapers reported Tuesday.

    The Cebu Pacific plane briefly touched down at Legazpi airport in the central Philippines Saturday but took off again as the van being driven by the couple crossed the runway, the Philippine Star newspaper said.

    The man is the son of a local aviation official, who has been ordered suspended from duty.

    "It could have been a disaster if not for the presence of mind of a veteran pilot," Legazpi Mayor Noel Rosal told the newspaper.

    - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090317/od_nm/us_plane_odd;_ylt=AqJDcH9KlIZLDcCAAIVJ7hPtiBIF
     
    #1 KenH, Mar 19, 2009
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