A suspected drunk pilot made an emergency landing on a busy highway close to Kansas City, Missouri. According to KMBC, the pilot suffered just minor injuries but still managed to dodge every car on the road. The small plane made an early Friday morning landing in the westbound lanes of I-70 near milepost 26, east of Grain Valley, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Pilot Who Landed Small Plane On Highway Arrested Under Suspicion Of Intoxication
By
Haider Ali in
Bizarre
On 18th July 2022
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A small aircraft's allegedly drunk pilot made an emergency landing on a highway after running out of fuel.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, John Seesing, 35, was attempting to fly a Piper Cherokee single-engine aircraft toward Wheeler Downtown Airport in Kansas City when he was forced to make an emergency landing on Interstate 70.
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On Friday at 2.45 a.m., Seesing, who was flying from Florida to Missouri, radioed in before coming down near Grain Valley and colliding with a guardrail. He was the lone passenger on board, had just minor injuries, and avoided colliding with any other cars.
At the scene, highway patrol officers discovered Seesing to be "intoxicated." According to the Kansas City Star, he was detained on suspicion of driving while intoxicated or impaired, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, and careless behavior.
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According to highway patrol spokesperson Sgt. Andy Bell, Seesing, of Prairie Village, Kansas, was brought to a nearby hospital for treatment of his minor injuries.
According to Crystal Lipham, she was operating a tractor-trailer westbound on I-70 when she noticed a small plane circling nearby. She claimed that the plane twisted around and nearly collided with a passing semi-truck as it landed just two car lengths from where she had halted her pickup.
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‘Right now, I’m in a state of shock. I’m like did that happen or did I dream that’ Lipham told KMBC.
‘All I can say is he one lucky SOB because if he had hit that plane just right and he didn’t hit when he did, he would’ve gone over the barrier and there was like a 20-foot drop.’
According to the airmen registration maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration, Seesing obtained a student pilot license in January 2020. He was banned from carrying people.
Towing the plane and clearing the debris took the highway staff roughly three hours.
Public records reveal that Seesing had previous traffic violations in 2017, including excessive speeding and driving without a license.