The pilot who made a harrowing emergency landing on a North Carolina highway as cars were zipping by is speaking out, crediting his military training. GoPro video taken from the wing of the private plane shows the pilot, Vincent Fraser, of Cape Coral, Florida, safely guiding the plane off Highway 74 in Swain County, North Carolina. The incident happened on July 3. There were no injuries. Watch the video in the player aboveFraser told sister station WYFF that he was in the area for a family trip and was in the private plane with his father-in-law traveling from the Bryson City area to Macon County, North Carolina, when he noticed the plane wasn’t flying properly. He said he thought he would have to land on a bridge or in water, but then he saw the road. He said he then told his father-in-law that he loves him. “He looked at me really calmly and he said that he loves me and that he trusts me to get us down safely and alive. So from there on out, we didn’t even talk anymore,” Fraser said. Fraser said his training from being in the Marine Corps kicked in. “You kind of go into a robotic mode. You don’t question anything, you just do it,” Fraser said.See more photos and video from the Swain County Sheriff’s Office here.Fraser said once the plane had stopped, people helped him push the plane to a side road to get it safely out of the way. Fraser said he is so grateful for the kindness people in the area showed him and that no one was hurt. “It could have been very bad, it could have been very disastrous. If I would have hit a power line, if I would hit a car, it could have been horrible,” Fraser said. Fraser said the issue is that the plane had stopped pulling fuel. He said the plane is still being worked on in North Carolina and he expects to pick it up soon. Fraser is going to keep flying. He currently works as a flight attendant for Allegiant Airlines and said he is working to become a commercial airline pilot.
The pilot who made a harrowing emergency landing on a North Carolina highway as cars were zipping by is speaking out, crediting his military training.
GoPro video taken from the wing of the private plane shows the pilot, Vincent Fraser, of Cape Coral, Florida, safely guiding the plane off Highway 74 in Swain County, North Carolina.
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The incident happened on July 3. There were no injuries.
Watch the video in the player above
Fraser told sister station WYFF that he was in the area for a family trip and was in the private plane with his father-in-law traveling from the Bryson City area to Macon County, North Carolina, when he noticed the plane wasn’t flying properly.
He said he thought he would have to land on a bridge or in water, but then he saw the road. He said he then told his father-in-law that he loves him.
“He looked at me really calmly and he said that he loves me and that he trusts me to get us down safely and alive. So from there on out, we didn’t even talk anymore,” Fraser said.
Fraser said his training from being in the Marine Corps kicked in.
“You kind of go into a robotic mode. You don’t question anything, you just do it,” Fraser said.
See more photos and video from the Swain County Sheriff’s Office here.
Fraser said once the plane had stopped, people helped him push the plane to a side road to get it safely out of the way. Fraser said he is so grateful for the kindness people in the area showed him and that no one was hurt.
“It could have been very bad, it could have been very disastrous. If I would have hit a power line, if I would hit a car, it could have been horrible,” Fraser said.
Fraser said the issue is that the plane had stopped pulling fuel. He said the plane is still being worked on in North Carolina and he expects to pick it up soon.
Fraser is going to keep flying. He currently works as a flight attendant for Allegiant Airlines and said he is working to become a commercial airline pilot.
