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Article: Cause of plane crash on I-95 in Broward County under investigation: Traffic snarled for hours after cargo plane lands on I-95.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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Byline: Ken Kaye, David Fleshler and Sofia Santana
Sep. 22--Shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, the 43-year-old cargo plane climbed about 300 feet and began to sink. Pilot Robert Robertson radioed "Mayday" and lined up to land on bustling Interstate 95.
As the small plane flew perilously low over restaurants and warehouses, it clipped a government building. Then the 5-ton, twin-engine aircraft flopped down in the southbound lanes, crumpled into pieces and slid off the highway on Friday afternoon.
Robertson, the only one onboard, was severely injured. The plane was mangled. And interstate traffic was snarled for hours.
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