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Emergency landing caught on tape in Winter Haven

Reported by: Blake Sabatinelli
Email: bsabatinelli@wfts.com
Last Update: 4/22/2009 10:12 am
Video Click the play button on the video window to the see the landing video

WINTER HAVEN, FL -- Two men in a home-built airplane survived a brush with death Sunday when they landed their plane on Havendale Boulevard.

22-year-old pilot Kyle Davis and passenger Joe Surowiec were flying the plane for a friend to the Lakeland Sun n' Fun Fly-In from Winter Haven when the engine failed.

The event was captured by two cameras, one in the cockpit and the other facing the engine.

When the engine failed, Davis quickly begins looking for a place to land. The two men look at a number of fields, but determine that they are unable to land in those locations.

Instead, the men decide to land in the road, where cars and businesses can be seen passing by.

Deputies were called to the scene, but had little to do since no there was no damage or injuries involved.

Both Davis and Surowiec declined on-scene medical attention.

Video is Copyright 2009, Front Page Productions. Used with permission.
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