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US · 18 mins ago

Pilot, 23, Reveals Harrowing Escape After Terrifying Emergency Landing

Local 10 News A young pilot survived a terrifying mid-air crisis by executing a controlled emergency landing just off a crowded Florida beach. Faith Tenkley, 23, was flying to the Bahamas to pick up her parents when her dual-engine plane suffered severe mechanical failure roughly 15 miles off Boca Raton. Facing a broken landing gear and an engine failure, she elected to ditch the aircraft in open water rather than risk a fire by bringing down the heavily fueled aircraft on land. She expertly…
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