Posted: 7/10/2005 4:05:53 AM EDT
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The Associated Press reports that New York's Junior Senator Hillary Clinton narrowly escaped injury as the aircraft that she was piloting was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern New Jersey because of bad weather. National Transportation Safety Board officials have issued a preliminary determination that pilot error contributed to the accident, and that the Senator was flying a single engine craft in IFR [instrument flight rating] conditions while only having obtained a VFR [visual flight rating]. The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to lack of fuel on board. The Senator was fortunate to have escaped without injury, and no one on the ground was injured. Photographs taken at the scene show the extent of damage to Senator Clinton's aircraft.  |
