A pilot and his passenger had a lucky escape Thursday after the plane was forced to make a belly landing at Springbank Airport, just west of Calgary..The wheels on the Glasair aircraft failed to deploy..In a Facebook video taken by Shubham Patil, the light aircraft can be seen flying at low level over the runway, likely giving people in the air traffic control tower to see if the wheels were down and locked..When told they were not, the pilot circled around and came in for a perfect belly landing, with the plane ending up in a grassy area..Patil said the pilot and his passenger immediately jumped out and appeared uninjured.
A pilot and his passenger had a lucky escape Thursday after the plane was forced to make a belly landing at Springbank Airport, just west of Calgary..The wheels on the Glasair aircraft failed to deploy..In a Facebook video taken by Shubham Patil, the light aircraft can be seen flying at low level over the runway, likely giving people in the air traffic control tower to see if the wheels were down and locked..When told they were not, the pilot circled around and came in for a perfect belly landing, with the plane ending up in a grassy area..Patil said the pilot and his passenger immediately jumped out and appeared uninjured.
