Tragedy averted
SUN PHOTO BY RONALD DUPONT JR.
The Ferris wheel and other rides from the Italian Feast & Carnival can be seen in the background of where an out-of-control airplane hit a ditch Saturday at the Venice Airport. Multiple professional pilots at the airport said if the ditch had not stopped the plane, it could have gotten into the air and possibly crashed into the festival.
SUN PHOTO BY RONALD DUPONT JR.
A Venice police officer listens to eyewitness statements after an out-of-control airplane was stopped by a ditch at the Venice Airport Saturday.
An airplane unexpectedly started taxiing at the Venice Airport Saturday, Feb. 23 when the pilot exited the plane to look at the propeller.
The Piper Malibu Mirage was stopped from causing damage when it went off the tarmac and hit a ditch. Nobody was hurt.
