Save by the toilet

Tuesday, 5 May 2009 |
WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - A pilot of origin United States should be grateful to the stack portable toilet because he saved when making an emergency landing.

Cesna 182 types of aircraft that operated the pilot experienced engine failure shortly after the foundation of offshore airfield Thun Field in southeast Tacoma, Washington, on Monday (4 / 5).

During fall, is reported plane hit a fence, before rotating and landed in the top of the stored in the toilets near the track owned by the company Northwest Cascade. An employee of the company, said toilet-toilet had a kind of cushion.

Spokesperson for the local police office, Ed Troyer, the News Tribune newspaper, said the pilot of the plane is in the height of about 45 meters when the engine stops. "He tried to rotate back and landed, but he failed to do so," said Troyer. Pilot aged 67 years and is reported to fly their own identity is not mentioned.