2:00pm Pacific yesterday (1/9/22) at San Fernando & Osborne in Pacoima (just northwest of LA).
N8056L is a 1967 Cessna 172H, and was flying out of Whiteman Airport when it lost power on takeoff from runway 12. The plane landed on the Metrolink Antelope Valley line tracks, where it was subsequently struck by the train.
Runway 30 (the opposite end of 12) is just over the fence and to the right of the LAPD vehicle at the beginning of the clip.
Since LAPD was already on the scene, this calls into question why the train was going through that area, and at a high speed. Surely by the time the cops got there, someone would have thought to contact Metrolink and warn them of an obstruction on their tracks?
uvulectomy 0 points 3.3 years ago
2:00pm Pacific yesterday (1/9/22) at San Fernando & Osborne in Pacoima (just northwest of LA).
N8056L is a 1967 Cessna 172H, and was flying out of Whiteman Airport when it lost power on takeoff from runway 12. The plane landed on the Metrolink Antelope Valley line tracks, where it was subsequently struck by the train.
Runway 30 (the opposite end of 12) is just over the fence and to the right of the LAPD vehicle at the beginning of the clip.
Since LAPD was already on the scene, this calls into question why the train was going through that area, and at a high speed. Surely by the time the cops got there, someone would have thought to contact Metrolink and warn them of an obstruction on their tracks?