紧急迫降在红绿灯前的飞机

螺旋桨飞机在高速公路着陆时被警察的行车记录仪拍了下来

The pilot of a single-engine prop plane threw motorists for a loop Thursday when he made an emergency landing on a Washington State highway — and even stopped at a red light.

星期四，一架单引擎螺旋桨飞机的驾驶员紧急迫降在华盛顿州的一条高速公路上，甚至在红灯前还停了下来,这可把司机们吓得不轻。

The wild scene was caught on the dashboard camera of stunned State Trooper Clint Thompson, who made a quick U-turn and followed the airplane as it careened down State Route 7 at 8:15 PST as motorists swerved out of the way.

这一疯狂的场景被震惊的州警克林特·汤普森的行车记录仪拍了下来，当时是太平洋标准时间8:15，他迅速掉头跟上了沿着州际7号公路飞行的飞机。

The trooper catches up with the tiny plane as it comes to a halt in front of a traffic light.

当那架小飞机停在红绿灯前时，骑警赶上了它。

Police said they later learned that the single-prop KR2 aircraft stalled out, forcing pilot David Acklam, a systems engineer at Boeing, to make the landing.

警方说，他们后来得知，这架单螺旋桨KR2飞机失速，迫使波音公司系统工程师、飞行员大卫·阿克拉姆(David Acklam)紧急降落。

“Essentially, what happened is the pilot was supposed to make an emergency landing because he was having a fuel system malfunction,” Trooper Johnna Batiste, a spokesperson for the state police, told The Post. “Lucky for him and lucky for our trooper it worked out safely for everyone.”

“从本质上讲，当时发生的情况，飞行员本应紧急着陆，因为他的燃油系统出现了故障，”州警察发言人、骑警约翰纳巴斯蒂(Johnna Batiste)对《华盛顿邮报》说。“他很幸运，我们的警察也很幸运，每个人都很安全。”

Batiste said Acklam seemed “relatively calm,” and was more worried about getting in trouble with authorities or the Federal Aviation Administration — but was not charged by police.

巴蒂斯特说，阿克兰看起来“相对平静”，更担心与当局或联邦航空管理局发生冲突，但没有受到警方的指控。

“Considering what happened, for that to be on the forefront of his mind, I would think he would be relatively calm,” Batiste said.

“考虑到当时的情况，这是他能想到最好的解决办法，我认为他是相对冷静的。”巴斯蒂说。

Acklam could not be reached for comment Thursday.

记者周四未能联系到阿克兰置评。

He told police that he regularly commutes by air from his job at the giant aircraft manufacturer from his home in Yelm, Wash., about 40 miles away.

他告诉警方，他经常从位于华盛顿耶尔姆的家中乘飞机往返于这家大型飞机制造商的工作地点，全程大约在40英里。