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Terrifying video shows small plane crash onto busy street in Florida

Terrifying video shows small plane crash onto busy street in Florida
INVESTIGATION. HE HEARD A BIG CRASH KIND OF LIKE A CAR CRASH AND WE ASSUMED IT WAS A CAR CRASH. AND WE OUR HOUSE IS ALL RIGHT OVER THERE AND WE PEEPED OVER THE FENCE AND WE JUST SEE THIS PLANE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. PLANE FLEW OVER HOMES AND CARS JUST MOMENTS OF FOUR IT CRASHED. THIS IS ALL UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD NEAR EAST NORTH ECON TRAIL IN ORLANDO. THERE’S CRASH WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY DRIVERS WEST WHO’S ANIKA. HOPE HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE ALL DAY LONG AND ANIKA SHUT DOWN PARTS OF THE ROAD FOR HOURS TODAY. AND HOURS LATER UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD IS FINALLY COMPLETELY REOPENED AFTER TEAMS MOVED THIS PLANE FROM THE DRIVEWAY THAT PILOT CRASHED INTO HE NARROWLY MISSED CARS AND PEOPLE BELOW AND WEDGE THIS PLANE RIGHT IN BETWEEN THESE TWO COLUMNS. THERE WAS A CRASH ON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD IN ORLANDO THURSDAY AFTERNOON, BUT THERE WAS NO CAR WRECK. DOWN THE FLAME IS COMING THIS WAY. I KIND OF HIT THE ROAD ROLLED OVER LAND IN THE DRIVEWAY AND IT’S ALL VERY CRAZY. AMANDA SCUBEN AND RAYA COLLINS WERE DRIVING WHEN THEY NOTICED A LOW FLYING PLANE ALL THE SENATE STARTED LIKE DROP AND THEN THAT’S WHEN WE WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD. HARRY MASON WAS ON THE PHONE AS SHE DROVE UNDERNEATH THE PLANE’S DANGEROUS PATH. OH MY GOSH. LET ME HANG UP WITH YOU AND I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT’S SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO A DRIVEWAY IN AN AREA SURROUNDED BY HOMES. IT’S NOT LIKE A REALLY LOUD BANG LIKE A PRETTY MUCH A DUMP TRUCK CRUSHING IT SOMETHING AND THEN FOLLOW THAT I LOOKED AT HIM LIKE HEY, DID YOU HEAR THAT? AND THEN WE HEARD SOME SCREAMING, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR COMMOTION WE’RE LIKE, OKAY, LET’S CHECK THIS OUT, FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAID THE PLANE HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE AND THE PILOT HAD TO LAND IT QUICKLY THIS MAN FROM LONGWOOD TOLD US. HE WAS THE PILOT AND THAT HE TURNED OUT OKAY, LOTS OF THINGS RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU’RE YOU KNOW, SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS THE PLANE GOING TO EXPLODE. IS IT GOING TO START ON FIRE IT IS HE GONNA HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE FIREFIGHTER SAID SOMEHOW EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALMOST RUSH HOUR IN A BUSY PART OF TOWN IN A CROWDED AREA REALLY FORTUNATE AND I’M GLAD THAT THE MAN ALIVE EVERYONE’S REALLY LUCKY. WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE FEDERAL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL BE INVESTIGATING THIS CRASH FURTHER, BUT CLEARLY LOTS OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE. JUST THANKFUL THAT EVERYON
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Terrifying video shows small plane crash onto busy street in Florida
A small plane crashed onto a busy street in Florida on Friday afternoon, and the terrifying moment was caught on camera. The plane crashed onto University Boulevard and North Econlockhatchee Trail in Orlando just before 4 p.m. Friday. Florida Highway Patrol said a mechanical failure caused the plane to go down. Viewer video shows the dramatic moment the plane came crashing down on the side of the busy street. Watch the video in the video player above.The pilot sustained minor injuries, FHP said. But no one else was hurt."We heard a big crash, kinda like a car crash, and we assumed it was a car crash. Our house is right over there and we peeped over the fence and we just see this plane sitting in the driveway," Ben Stillman, who lives nearby, said. Amanda Skuban and Raiah Collins said they were headed to Costco when they started filming. "All of a sudden it started to drop, and that’s when we were like, 'Oh my God.' I just kind of freaked," Skuban said.Drivers like Cari Mason said they noticed a low-flying plane."I was on the phone with my mom. I said, 'Oh my gosh, let me hang up with you.' And I pulled over to the side of the road," Mason said."It’s sounding like a really loud bang. Pretty much like a dump truck crashing into something. I looked at him like, 'Hey, did you hear that?' And then we heard some screaming. A bunch of commotion like, 'OK let’s check this out,'" Nick Mladenovic and Joshua Geller, who live nearby, said.Crews removed the plane and the road was later reopened. "We're really fortunate, and I’m glad that the pilot is alive. Everyone’s really lucky," Collins said.FHP said the Federal Aviation Authority and the National Transportation Safety Board will be further investigating the crash.

A small plane crashed onto a busy street in Florida on Friday afternoon, and the terrifying moment was caught on camera.

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The plane crashed onto University Boulevard and North Econlockhatchee Trail in Orlando just before 4 p.m. Friday.

Florida Highway Patrol said a mechanical failure caused the plane to go down.

Viewer video shows the dramatic moment the plane came crashing down on the side of the busy street.

Watch the video in the video player above.

The pilot sustained minor injuries, FHP said. But no one else was hurt.

"We heard a big crash, kinda like a car crash, and we assumed it was a car crash. Our house is right over there and we peeped over the fence and we just see this plane sitting in the driveway," Ben Stillman, who lives nearby, said.

Amanda Skuban and Raiah Collins said they were headed to Costco when they started filming.

"All of a sudden it started to drop, and that’s when we were like, 'Oh my God.' I just kind of freaked," Skuban said.

Drivers like Cari Mason said they noticed a low-flying plane.

"I was on the phone with my mom. I said, 'Oh my gosh, let me hang up with you.' And I pulled over to the side of the road," Mason said.

"It’s sounding like a really loud bang. Pretty much like a dump truck crashing into something. I looked at him like, 'Hey, did you hear that?' And then we heard some screaming. A bunch of commotion like, 'OK let’s check this out,'" Nick Mladenovic and Joshua Geller, who live nearby, said.

Crews removed the plane and the road was later reopened.

"We're really fortunate, and I’m glad that the pilot is alive. Everyone’s really lucky," Collins said.

FHP said the Federal Aviation Authority and the National Transportation Safety Board will be further investigating the crash.