Aircraft makes emergency landing on highway
KUALA LUMPUR: It wasn't the usual jam-causing mishap that motorists saw at the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Highway.
A light aircraft made an emergency landing on the highway and brought peak hour traffic to a standstill for over an hour.
Pilots Lee Chong Yen, 69, and Atan Akmar Masbah, in his 50s, escaped the crash landing on the road adjacent to the Sungei Besi Air Force without injuries.
Their CH-701 two-seater aircraft was, however, wrecked in the 3.30pm incident.
The yellow-coloured privately-owned aircraft was descending onto the runway when a strong gust of wind blew the 500kg single-prop aircraft onto the busy highway.
It hit a lamp post and landed on the road before coming to a screeching halt, according to a Royal Selangor Flying Club spokesman.
The spokesman said the Civil Defence Department and Royal Malaysian Air Force rescue team cleared the aircraft from the road with police assistance.
Traffic movement returned to normal about an hour later.
A light aircraft made an emergency landing on the highway and brought peak hour traffic to a standstill for over an hour.
Pilots Lee Chong Yen, 69, and Atan Akmar Masbah, in his 50s, escaped the crash landing on the road adjacent to the Sungei Besi Air Force without injuries.
Their CH-701 two-seater aircraft was, however, wrecked in the 3.30pm incident.
The yellow-coloured privately-owned aircraft was descending onto the runway when a strong gust of wind blew the 500kg single-prop aircraft onto the busy highway.
It hit a lamp post and landed on the road before coming to a screeching halt, according to a Royal Selangor Flying Club spokesman.
The spokesman said the Civil Defence Department and Royal Malaysian Air Force rescue team cleared the aircraft from the road with police assistance.
Traffic movement returned to normal about an hour later.
posted by SEE FU at 8:27 AM
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