Posted 2019/4/11
On the morning of April 8, confused onlookers saw a plane land in ‘Liaoning road’ in northern Sichuan, drive along for a bit and proceed to go into the petrol station to fill up. The pilot spent 194 RMB on petrol then, under the eyes of a watchful crowd, drove away and took off.
Investigations have revealed that the plane belongs to a Chinese aircraft manufacturing company and the plane was a model from their new line of small civil airplanes. The planes are still in the flight performance testing stage and that day, the crew had forgot to check the oil levels so the pilot (“Andy” from San Francisco) discovered mid air that he didn’t have enough fuel and was forced to stop off and get some.
When questioned on the safety and legality of the landing the company’s Chairman Chen Wei stated: “In terms of security the takeoff and landing did not violate China’s current regulations for low flying aircraft”. No one was in any danger as the road was empty and large enough to accommodate the landing.
