Pictures of Plane Crash right after it happened on the way... Plane crash at Turnpike on the Freeway.
COMMENT 34968 |
2009-08-23 11:26 AM |
I just emailed the photos to edhat. My father
watched the crash happen and then ran home to
grab to camera. Airplane landed on a vehicle.
Not sure of any injuries.
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EDONE |
2009-08-23 11:30 AM |
Please resend pictures to ed@edhat.com
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EDONE |
2009-08-23 11:34 AM |
Here is the pic ... thanks for sending it in
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COMMENT 34972 |
2009-08-23 11:54 AM |
Holy cow. I hope everyone on-board and on the
ground is ok.
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EDONE |
2009-08-23 11:57 AM |
The article has been updated with more pictures.
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COMMENT 34974 |
2009-08-23 12:02 PM |
How in the world could this happen? The 101 is going to be a nightmare.
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EDDICTED |
2009-08-23 12:02 PM |
Is the freeway closed in both directions?
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COMMENT 34977 |
2009-08-23 12:05 PM |
I came upon this going northbound about 45 minutes ago. They had closed the on-ramp at Patterson, and it looked like they closed the southbound freeway at least at Fairview, if not farther back.
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COMMENT 34978 |
2009-08-23 12:05 PM |
Copied from Craigslist: Santa Barbara County
Fire Officials say a small plane made an
emregency landing on the southbound lanes
of Highway 101 between Turnpike and
Patterson just after 10:30 this morning.
Officials say the plane made contact with 2
vehicles on the ground. Two poeple were
reportedly in the plane, and three total were in
the 2 vehicles. Offiicals say one person in a
vehicle suffered minor injuries. They say no
one on board the plane was injured. KEY
News has a crew on scene, and we will have
more on this developing story tonight at 6 and
11.
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GOLFERRW |
2009-08-23 12:12 PM |
I heard it cutting out over Earl Warren earlier. Went outside and could hear it trying to restart engine. Thought it was high enough to glide into airport. Obviously not. Hope all is well.
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COMMENT 34981 |
2009-08-23 12:17 PM |
We were going northbound we saw a small plane flying very low. As the plane was flying it looked like it was in trouble because it was wavering in the air and obviously unsteady. Then as we crossed the Turnpike overpass we almost crashed from the shock of viewing the plane crash onto the freeway.
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MIKESHINN |
2009-08-23 12:18 PM |
I was just on Hollister at Walnut. I saw the plane
on a flatbed tow truck with police escort. They
were heading towards the airport.
All 101 Southbound is locked up near Patterson
as far as the eye could see. Everyone seems to
have taken to Hollister.
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GOWEST |
2009-08-23 12:41 PM |
Edhat rocks again!
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COMMENT 34986 |
2009-08-23 12:49 PM |
I was on 101 @ 11:30ish. Nothing on the local stations, did not KEYT text alert, nor was there any info CHP web site (via blkbry). Finally got off on Turnpike, fire truck blocking on-ramp. Heard nothing til I got to a computer and read about here!!! Very frustrating that our local media outlets cannot help us when we're on the road.
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COMMENT 34990 |
2009-08-23 01:26 PM |
Is the 101 clear now North and south?
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JOHN WILEY |
2009-08-23 01:29 PM |
I wonder if the freeway webcams caught the event. They'd be a good place to check current traffic.
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JOHN WILEY |
2009-08-23 01:34 PM |
Here's a webcam link but it doesn't open in my browser so I don't use it. The link ends in asx, so it just goes to download:
http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/D5-Patterson-Ave-at-101.asx
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JOHN WILEY |
2009-08-23 01:42 PM |
I got it to work using the free VLC open source viewer. Traffic is flowing normally both ways on the Patterson webcam looking southbound.
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ROGER DODGER |
2009-08-23 02:03 PM |
Wow...Glad no one got hurt that bad...I heard those sirens at church and thought I left my eggs burning.
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Z28RACERGIRL |
2009-08-23 06:46 PM |
Why was this not on the CHP site????? I checked at
11:05 And again at approx 11:2x with nothing there.
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JOHN WILEY |
2009-08-23 11:45 PM |
Lots of details on gNews now. It even shows up on FlightAware.com from just after takeoff in French Valley until it was past LA. Traffic sure was a mess today, between that incident and the two on Hwy.154. Coming northbound this evening it was stopped all the way to La Cumbre southbound.
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SB8BALL |
2009-08-24 07:25 AM |
They cleared this accident up very fast. I drove north on the 101 at 12:30pm and it had already been cleared.
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COMMENT 35081 |
2009-08-24 07:27 AM |
that's what I would call a good landing! seriously. If you can emergency land on a freeway and no one gets hurt and the plane still looks to be in one piece, good job, whoever was flying!
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COMMENT 35108 |
2009-08-24 11:33 AM |
The pilot apparently ran out of fuel! There is NO excuse for that!!!!
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JOHN WILEY |
2009-08-24 01:27 PM |
It will be interesting to read the final NTSB report, and it's nearly impossible not to guess until then.
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COMMENT 35159 |
2009-08-24 05:59 PM |
Hey Ed, since this plane crash was covered on the national news, does that mean we need to delete this story?
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