The pilot of a single-engine Cirrus SR22 ended up sliding into the Tennessee River after a botched landing at Knoxville’s Island Home Airport on Sunday night. He was able to extract himself from the partially submerged plane, The Knoxville News Sentinel reported, and was said to be uninjured. Corcoran of the Knoxville Fire Department confirmed to WBIR that the pilot appeared to have overshot the runway, though it was not immediately clear why. "He just overshot the runway, just a little bit," said Corcoran. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWSThe plane did not appear to have sustained substantial damage.

Source: Fox News May 14, 2018 16:07 UTC