A pilot thankful for his life kissed the runway at a Pembroke Pines, Florida airport on Thursday, after surviving a crash landing. He attempted two landings, but had to pull up at the last second when the landing gear on the four-seater airplane wouldn't lock into place. A pilot kissed the ground after surviving a crash landing at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida on ThursdayThe pilot was wrapping a lesson when he noticed that the landing gear wasn't locking into place. 'His years of experience, and exceptional skills kicked in, and he did a fantastic job of executing an emergency landing,' Luy told CBS Miami. Luy told the Sun Sentinel that the emergency landing 'appears to be a mechanical failure, but it’s still under investigation'.

Source: Daily Mail March 30, 2018 14:24 UTC