pilot has heart attack, but lands, saves passengers
06-05-2006, 08:46 AM
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pilot has heart attack, but lands, saves passengers
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah - A pilot suffering a heart attack made an emergency landing on a highway, saving his three passengers shortly before he died.
Jack Francis, 61, president of Francis Trucking in Brigham City, had taken off from Jackpot, Nev., and was headed home with his wife and another couple when he suffered a heart attack Sunday morning, Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Derek Jensen said.
He landed the single-engine Cessna 185 on Utah 30 near Park Valley and was taken to Bear River Hospital in Tremonton, where he died, Jensen said.
The plane went off the highway and hit a fence before coming to a stop, but the passengers were not injured.
“He basically saved these other three peoples’ lives by landing the plane on the highway,” Jensen said.
Jack Francis, 61, president of Francis Trucking in Brigham City, had taken off from Jackpot, Nev., and was headed home with his wife and another couple when he suffered a heart attack Sunday morning, Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Derek Jensen said.
He landed the single-engine Cessna 185 on Utah 30 near Park Valley and was taken to Bear River Hospital in Tremonton, where he died, Jensen said.
The plane went off the highway and hit a fence before coming to a stop, but the passengers were not injured.
“He basically saved these other three peoples’ lives by landing the plane on the highway,” Jensen said.
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