Thaindian News

By Ranjan Bhaduri
Virginia, Mar 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A strange accident that took place on Monday at Hilton Head Island, killed a jogger named Robert Gary Jones. The Georgia resident was listening to his iPod and jogging at the beach when a Lancair IV-P aircraft was making an emergency landing at the beach. The single engine driven plane had lost the propeller which compelled the pilot to opt for an emergency landing. Since there was no propeller in the plane, the unfortunate jogger could not hear the sound and did not realize it was coming down. The authorities revealed later that the plane was headed to Virginia and it started its journey from Orlando. The route was over the Atlantic.

The Lancair IV-P aircraft reportedly encountered problems with its engine on the way. The pilot tried his level best to make the emergency landing at the Hilton Head airport but could not do so owing to oil leakage. The oil covered the windshield of the plane and hence the pilot almost could not see anything. They pilot could have died but the jogger was unfortunate enough to be hit by the plane. The pilot and one passenger did not receive any injury after making the emergency landing as the sources have confirmed.

The plane got stranded in the beach after landing. It was tied to an anchor so that tide does not carry it away. When the plane lost the propeller, it was three miles up in the sky. The plane belongs to Virginia’s Edward I. Smith. It is a really bizarre type of accident as the witnesses have said.