Wild videos show a restored World War II era aircraft making an emergency landing at sea – just feet from swimmers on a flared Florida beach.
The footage By WFTV Small children have also been shown taking the beach to the beach, as it was watching the single-engine TBM Avenger from a distance of about 20 feet on Saturday.
After a brief attempt to lift higher, the plane – part of the annual Cocoa Beach Air Show – eventually crashed and fell into the water.
“Oh my God,” a woman gasped in a clip shared on social media – as another beach yelled, “Quick! Take a picture!”
No one was injured, and the pilot refused medical treatment, air show officials and the local fire department Told Florida Today
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In 2009, air show chairman Brian Lilly said, “I saw a video of it – and from what Sully did in the Hudson River, I think the president of the air show referred to the landing of Chesley” Sully “Saleenberger’s” Miracle ” .
“It was incredible. What a skill by that pilot,” Lily told the Florida paper of Saturday’s emergency landing. “I am very happy with the pilot’s OK, but I am really sorry that the plane fell into the water.”
The Cocoa Beach Air Show stated that the aircraft used by the US Navy during World War II – a torpedo bomber had just come up for extensive restoration and crashed.
Witness Melanie Schrader told Florida Today that people realized something was wrong as they heard the plane “bouncing down the beach.”
“And I was like, ‘oh that doesn’t look good’
“It seemed like (the pilot) pulled over at the last moment and avoided any spectators,” Schrader said. “There were loads of people on the water, and then I saw it on top of the plane. It seemed like she was fine, ”he said.
Lily told Florida Today that the air show was scheduled to continue as usual on Sunday.
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