Crew Safely Puts Cargo Plane Down in Lake
The crew of a decades-old cargo plane put the aircraft down in a lake in a Miami suburb after it developed engine trouble, avoiding high-rise buildings in the densely populated area. The two pilots were rescued from the floating fuselage.
The Miami Air Lease plane -- with the misspelled message “Eelect George W. Bush” running the length of the fuselage -- had trouble with one of its two engines shortly after takeoff.
The pilots, unable to return the Convair CV-340 to the Opa-locka airport about seven miles away, brought the plane down in Maule Lake, which is surrounded by condominium towers.
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