my buddy, kirk, who s been building this air control tower back here, he s been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn t come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. sometimes we ll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case, this was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it di
bit more observant. see people come in their cars and too fast and they made noise, i get nervous. coming up a small plane misses the runway and crashes into the bay. and a runway mishap at jfk airport leaves passengers shaken when caught on camera: crash returns. e announcer ] here s a question for you: if every u.s. home replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, the energy saved could light how many homes? 1 million? 2 million? 3 million? the answer is. 3 million homes. by 2030, investments in energy efficiency could help americans save $300 billion each year. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. anyone have o cc asional constipation diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one
actually got out, and then it was sort of like a relief. in this case, because we had the race going on, emergency crews were actually already on the property so they were almost to get there almost as soon as it happened. looking at the tape, it seems like the plane is going to land on the runway, so why did it suddenly drop? after the crash, darby says he s able to talk to the pilot, who tells him something shocking. apparently, ditching in the water is intentional. from what i heard, the passenger in the back actually pushed the stick forward to push the plane down into the water because he knew that they weren t going to make it, they would probably hit the seawall if they didn t do that. the concrete seawall separates the runway from the bay. slamming into it would likely be more disastrous than forcing the plane into the water. after the crash, the height of the seawall makes it difficult for the salvage crew to recover the sunken plane. you ve got a fairly high seawall
there is no physical evidence left to show that the crash ever happened. but for david darby, there is one lasting side effect. i don t know if i ll be flying in any little planes anytime soon. i just got it on film, bro. you got that? yeah. oh, my goodness! so far, we ve seen planes crash into water and on land. you would think once a plane makes it to the runway, it would be safe. think again. at new york s jfk international airport, a large transcontinental airplane clips the tail of a smaller regional jet, spinning it with jarring force. april 11th, 2011, a small delta
could adjust his direction, otherwise she might have fallen off the wing. and then as he tried to make his way back into the open area, he didn t have enough altitude so he went down in the brush just across that across the runway. after the wreckage is cleared, the crash site provides clues as to what split-second decisions kyle made in an attempt to save and amanda s lives. this is where the plane went down. and after looking at the site, it appears to me that he was trying to turn back towards the runway because there s a tree up there that has some branches missing at the top and if he was coming from that direction, that implies that he was going back towards the runway and he just didn t have enough altitude to make it. despite not making it to the runway, kyle still manages to get the plane in a good position for the rescue. if he d gone in another 20 or 40 feet east of here, the fire