Fedex Plane makes Emergency landing on US highway, then gets hit by 18 Wheeler!

April 27, 2004

Tunica County, MS- About 3:00 a.m. this morning a FedEx plane made an emergency landing on Highway 61 near the Dundee exit. The plane had just left the Memphis hub and was on the way to Louisiana. Pilots of the Cessna 208 told emergency officials that they lost power at 7,000 feet. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Scott Swanson said it was an excellent emergency landing. No one was injured and a pilot and trainee made it out of the aircraft safely.

However, soon after the landing an 18-wheeler hit the plane on the highway taking off part of a wing. No one was injured in the accident. The plane was pushed to the side of Highway 61, and traffic was closed to one lane for a short time while officials went to work covering up the FedEx logo. Men used cardboard and tape to hide the FedEx logo. They even backed up a pickup truck to reach the tail section of the plane. Watch the video from News Chopper 3 of the coverup.

FedEx tells News Channel 3 it plans to remove the packages from the plane and take them to Monroe, Louisiana, where the plane was headed. They say FedEx owns the plane, but it was leased by Barron Aviation. The Mississippi Federal Aviation Administration and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency are investigating the crash.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/528954/M/ – Aircraft like the one in question.

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=1817603 – Pictures of the plane and full read up on this link.