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To: haqihana who wrote (37311)	5/9/2004 11:54:08 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Haqi - I've typed below a story of a pilot from a local newspaper. This very religious guy was showing off for his son in buzzing the truck. He is also half-owner and chief pilot for a local charter company. Plane Rear-Ends Truck on Ice Road Imagine driving along an ice road on a lake. There's nobody around for miles. No Worries. Surprise. "There was a big crash, and then we saw a plane climbing in front of us," said the driver of a truck that was struck by an aircraft's landing gear about 20 kilometres out of Fond du La on April 17. The right wheel of the landing gear collapsed the truck cab into a V-shape, and then sheared off, bouncing onto the road ahead of the truck. "After we realized what had happened, we were in shock. We didn't believe it," said the driver whose family asked to remain anonymous. "I don't know what the pilot was thinking." The plane, a Cessna 172, later landed safely at Uranium City, with the pilot and passenger unharmed, according to RCMP, who are investigating the incident. There did not appear to be signs of any mechanical or in-flight emergency before the incident, said Brian Jones, media relations officer for the RCMP in Saskatchewan. The identity of the pilot was not released. The people in the truck meanwhile, brushed off broken glass and checked to see if everyone was okay. Despite sore necks and backs; the picked up the aircraft's wheel and headed back to Fond du Lac to tell the police. "They didn't believe it" said of of the passengers - until they showed an officer the wheel and mount. "He told us to go home and change our shorts." The family went to hospital to be examined, but fortunately there were no serious injuries. The passenger assumes that the pilot was trying to scare the people in the truck and he succeeded. "I think he scared himself, too," said the passenger. "I measured the truck, and it's roughly six feet from the ground to the roof of the cab," he noted. The family is not likely to forget the mishap. "This is not a laughing matter." said the passenger. "I'm just glad to be alive." Article by Scott Boyes & Jamie Kreiser - La Ronge Northerner - May 5, 2004 cta-otc.gc.ca