EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) — It’s a case of aviation deju phew.
A Long Island pilot who made an emergency landing last week in the median of a Long Island highway did the exact same thing Friday. In the nearly the exact same place.
Suffolk County police say a single-engine Challenger ultralight plane landed on the eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway because of engine trouble at about 12:50 p.m. Friday.
The same plane, piloted by Frank Fierro, landed in almost the same place on July 10.
Police say Fierro was taking the plane out for a test flight for the first time Friday. Clearly, the test failed.
The plane was taken back to nearby Spadaro Airport in East Moriches.
Fierro declined to speak reporters at the scene. He did not appear to have been injured.
