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Video: Pilot Lands Cessna 172 After Prop Falls Off

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Key Takeaways:

  • A video circulated showing a Cessna 172 making an emergency landing in Mexico after its propeller detached mid-flight.
  • The pilots, reportedly a flight instructor and student, calmly searched for and identified a suitable landing spot.
  • They successfully landed the propeller-less aircraft safely on a road, a maneuver captured on video and met with cheers from those aboard.
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A video capturing a Cessna 172 pilot landing the aircraft after the propeller fell off mid-flight made the rounds over the Internet during the weekend.

While details about the video are slim, it was reportedly shot in Mexico by the 172’s back-seat passengers and features a flight instructor and student pilot at the controls. During the first segment of the video, the propeller is still attached, but in the second cut, the two pilots search calmly for an emergency landing spot after it has fallen off in flight.

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