Right now on news channel 8 at 6. Good evening im ron carter. Thanks so much for joining us. An Emergency Landing in st. Petersburg happened this afternoon. That plane is damaged but the pilot and passenger did walk away. Live there for us and chip, this pilot is actually a young man flying a very old plane . You are exactly right and first let me show you whats happening right now. Crews are here working to remove the wings from that plane to get it on a tow truck and get it out here. St. Petersburg police tell us the teenage pilot, 18 years old, was flying from lakeland to Manatee County and started having a mechanical issue. He was trying to make it to the airport but he knew he couldnt. The plane a 1939 taylor craft clipped an oak tree on a golf the pilot and passenger walked away and told the residents what happened. A number of years people have said its happened again. So when you heard what happened what was your reaction . I dont know my neighbor called and told me about it an
What are you going to do when you the hulkster runs wild . 10 00 news starts now. Im haley hinds,. Im aaron mesmer, lloyd is off knit. Everyone is okay. It happened at the country club. Evan lambert is there, what can you tell us . Aaron, an 18yearold was flying the plane with his dad. Something happened to the plane and it forced them to find a clear place to put the plane down. We heard it, the motor stopped. Whoa carlos was in a nearby apartment complex when he saw a struggling in the sky above. We were putting and it stopped, came down. 18yearold pilot and his father were heading from lakeland to manatee county. The plane suddenly experienced an engine problem. The plane landed on the Lakeland Golf Course in st. Pete. The wing did clip a tree coming down. Golf is a dangerous sport, you can get a ball on your head but look at this golfers played around the plane for several hours. The pilot and his dad inspected it and took the wings off to get ready for a tow. Its amazing, the teen
Reporter this is the 34year old killer whale that spent most of his life in captivity entertaining sea world park he is dying. He has a disease that is chronic and progressive. At some point it might cause his death. Sea world says there is no cure for that bacterial lung infection but they are treating it with medication and i tried to get answers on the condition that finding the whale expert was not easy. I called dozens of marine biologist from florida to vancouver. I wanted to find out if the infection had anything to do with the whale spending decades in captivity. I could not find an expert to comment. Tilikum made National Headlines nearly 6 years ago when it killed trainer dawn brancheau. He was also involved in two other deaths going back to 1991 the documentary blackfish. We will stay in touch with the world overnight and will bring you updates on the condition on Eyewitness News. This starts at 5 am. Mike manzoni, channel 9, Eyewitness News. We just checked in a homeless se
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