Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"I was pulling into the back entrance of the police department when a plane was on coming on a northwestern approach to the airport and appeared to have lost power and fell straight into the north end of the building of the Farmington police department."

Source: Farmington (NM) police sergeant who witnessed the crash of a B36 into a police building near the Four Corners Regional Airport Thursday night. The unidentified student pilot, who was the only person on board the aircraft, miraculously survived the accident with head and facial injuries. Ten inmates locked up at the station were transferred to the San Juan County Detention Center. No one on the ground was hurt.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov