OCEAN CITY, N.J. - The 18-year old pilot of a banner plane described the moment he knew he had to make an emergency landing on a bridge in Ocean City Monday."Basically, I had a plane and had some problems and had to put it down.
The bridge was the first place to put it," he told FOX 29’s Hank Flynn. Landon Lucas reported that his plane started having engine trouble around 12:30 p.m.
as he was flying near Steel Pier on his way to the Ocean City Airport. He suspected fuel was the issue.Landon Lucas, 18, made an emergency landing on a bridge in Ocean City, New Jersey.
Lucas released his banner into the ocean, immediately rolled back on engine power, and started pumping the throttle which adds fuel to the engine. "My engine power started to.