80-Year-Old Pilot Crashes Plane in Connecticut Parking Lot

80-Year-Old Pilot Crashes Plane in Connecticut Parking Lot
A small plane crashed in a parking lot in Plainville, Connecticut, Sept. 11, 2017.Plainville Police Department via Storyful
Cindy Drukier
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A small plane crashed in to a parking lot in Plainville, Connecticut on Sept. 11. Pilot Manfred Forst, 80, escaped the incident with only minor injuries, no doubt thanks to a tree that took the brunt of the fall.

The Hartford Courant reported the single-engine Cessna was coming into land at Robertson Field Airport when it veered and crashed into a parking lot at Carling Technologies, situated behind the airport. The incident took place at around 11:30 a.m.
Cindy Drukier
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Cindy Drukier is a veteran journalist, editor, and producer. She's the host of NTD's International Reporters Roundtable featured on EpochTV, and perviously host of NTD's The Nation Speaks. She's also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her two films are available on EpochTV: "Finding Manny" and "The Unseen Crisis"