A seaplane pilot and his passenger had to be rescued from the East River Saturday in Queens after their craft briefly took off — but then crashed after it was struck by a wave which cracked t…
A seaplane pilot and his passenger had to be rescued from the East River Saturday in Queens after their craft briefly took off — but then crashed after it was struck by a wave which cracked the windshield, the pilot and authorities said.
The aircraft was near Riverside Drive and 158th St. in Whitestone, near the Throggs Neck Bridge, when the incident happened around 9:20 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said. A private boater who was nearby rescued the two people, who were not seriously hurt, from the plane, officials said.
“I was taking off and I hit a big wave and the windshield cracked open … and it took on water,” pilot Giuseppe Oppedisano, who had a white bandage wrapped around his elbow, told The Post. “That’s it. Everything is fine. ”During that crash six years ago, witnesses said the plane was traveling fast along the water when it hit a pier, cracking the plane in two, according to officials.
He lives near the spot where his plane crashed and keeps the craft in a hangar behind his Riverside Drive mansion, officialBrigitte Stelzer for NY Post
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