we checked for hazards and there was a small debris field where the plane landed. other than that the fire department and resources will maintain here throughout the night and assist with the other agencies involves. again, our resources arrived on scene and transported the man to the hospital and he is in moderate but stable condition at the time. now i would like to bring up the representative for the ntsb. i m patrick jones, an investigator with the national transportation safety board. the first and most important thing is that we have had injuries and we hope that the family and pilot all recover in a rapid period of time. approximately 14:20 this afternoon. there was a ryan aircraft, a vintage aircraft taking off from santa monica.
how come there was no fire? was there a fuel issue here? that requires speculation that i can t make at this point. do you know how much time elapsed the. 40,000 people a year die in automobile accidents every year on the highway. and when there is an accident that somebody doesn t die in, you don t get that question. so don t know at this point. how could do have lost power? flying in an aircraft, it all takes experience. this pilot is an experienced pilot. and i ll say what is the procedure for investigating it? it doesn t have a black box? where do you start?
he has done a lot of interviews over the years about how much he enjoys being able to fly himself and fly in small aircraft. in 1999, i believe it was, i may not be exactly right on that date, but in the 90s he was involved in another crash that was a helicopter crash. he was in a helicopter crash along with a flight instructor and it was a scary hard landing. he was able to walk away from that crash in 1999. he was created in the hospital after this crash. we re going now to andrew blankstein who has been following the story all day long, thank you for joining us. i know there is some conflicting
let s listen. part of our resources will maintain here through the night and assist with the other agencies involved. like i say, our resources arrived on scene and transported one 70-year-old male occupant to local hospital. and he is in this is the fire department chief as the lower third reflects we re awaiting the ntsb conference. let s listen. good afternoon. my name is patrick jones. the first most important thing is is that we have had injuries and we hope that the family and the pilot all recover in a rapid period of time. approximately 14:20 this afternoon there was a ryan aircraft, a vintage aircraft that was taking off from santa monica. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting
[ inaudible question ] that requires speculation that i can t make at this point. could the result have been different for inexperienced 40,000 people die in automobile accidents every year on the highway. when there s an accident that somebody did you want die inoesn t die in. you don t get that question. i don t know at this point. flying an aircraft whether it s this aircraft or a helicopter or whatever, it all takes experience. this pilot is an experienced pilot. and i ll say that. [ inaudible question ] the question was this aircraft doesn t have a black box. no, it does not have a black box. this is an old vintage aircraft.