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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Plane makes emergency landing at Riviera Country Club, golf site of 2028 Olympics
The Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles had an unexpected visitor Friday. Video posted to social media Friday afternoon shows a small aircraft made an emergency landing on the historic club's golf course in Pacific Palisades. While the landing was bumpy, the plane and its occupants appeared to be unharmed. This happened at Riv today. I pray I'm never this late for a tee time, but I do pray for the means to pull up this way if I was 😂 — Roger Steele (@RogerSteeleJr) May 2, 2025 Per Golfweek, the plane was scheduled to land at Santa Monica Airport, a few miles southeast from Riviera. First responders from both the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Santa Monica Fire Department reportedly arrived on the scene soon after. Golf course landings are not uncommon with planes that need to make emergency landings in urban areas, due to their open terrain and relative lack of people. One of the most famous instances of that was when actor Harrison Ford made a much rougher landing at Penmar Golf Course, right next to the same Santa Monica Airport. Friday's landing also wasn't even the worst airplane mishap of the day in the L.A. area, as a different plane crashed into fencing after overshooting the runway at the Fullerton Airport. Riviera Country Club is the annual site of the Tiger Woods Foundation's Genesis Invitational and has hosted three majors with the 1948 U.S. Open, the 1983 PGA Championship and the 1995 PGA Championship, as well as the 2017 U.S. Amateur. The club is set to be one of the most high-profile in the world over the next few years, as the golf site for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as the 2031 U.S. Open and 2026 U.S. Women's Open. Hopefully, planes won't be an issue for those.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Plane makes emergency landing at Riviera Country Club, golf site of 2028 Olympics
The Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles had an unexpected visitor Friday. Video posted to social media Friday afternoon shows a small aircraft made an emergency landing on the historic club's golf course in Pacific Palisades. While the landing was bumpy, the plane and its occupants appeared to be unharmed. This happened at Riv today. I pray I'm never this late for a tee time, but I do pray for the means to pull up this way if I was 😂 — Roger Steele (@RogerSteeleJr) May 2, 2025 Per Golfweek, the plane was scheduled to land at Santa Monica Airport, a few miles southeast from Riviera. First responders from both the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Santa Monica Fire Department reportedly arrived on the scene soon after. Golf course landings are not uncommon with planes that need to make emergency landings in urban areas, due to their open terrain and relative lack of people. One of the most famous instances of that was when actor Harrison Ford made a much rougher landing at Penmar Golf Course, right next to the same Santa Monica Airport. Friday's landing also wasn't even the worst airplane mishap of the day in the L.A. area, as a different plane crashed into fencing after overshooting the runway at the Fullerton Airport. Riviera Country Club is the annual site of the Tiger Woods Foundation's Genesis Invitational and has hosted three majors with the 1948 U.S. Open, the 1983 PGA Championship and the 1995 PGA Championship, as well as the 2017 U.S. Amateur. The club is set to be one of the most high-profile in the world over the next few years, as the golf site for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as the 2031 U.S. Open and 2026 U.S. Women's Open. Hopefully, planes won't be an issue for those.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Wild Footage Captures Plane's Emergency Landing on Golf Course
Flying objects aren't an unusual sight on the golf course, though they're typically of the golf ball-sized and shape variety. Which made the sight of a small aircraft using the green as an emergency tarmac all the more shocking. On Friday afternoon, golfers putting around the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California got the shock of a lifetime when a Cessna 172 aircraft overshot its landing at nearby Santa Monica Airport and ended up making a crash landing at the golf club instead. Whoops!Some intrepid golfers who didn't seem in all that much of a hurry to pause their game and run for cover—despite the fact that the plane appeared to be coming right for them—captured some wild video of the incident, with a couple of perfect reactions to the chaos that was happening around them. 'Holy Schnikes,' said one of the men, who is presumably a major Tommy Boy fan. Another guy in their group was a bit more direct and dared to utter the words that most people watching the video were probably thinking: 'Holy f**k!' According to People, things got bumpy when the plane originally attempted its landing at Santa Monica Airport, which is located approximately six miles south of the country club. The plane touched down on the green at approximately 12:45 p.m. local time, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The pilot had reported that he was having engine issues. There were three passengers onboard the plane. Amazingly, and thankfully, they emerged from the aircraft uninjured.
News18
03-05-2025
- General
- News18
‘Real-Life Sully?' Pilot Pulls Off Emergency Landing On Los Angeles Golf Course
Last Updated: The tragic incident took place at around 1 pm after the pilot of the 1966 Cessna 172G Skyhawk couldn't make it to the nearby Santa Monica Airport. A private plane made an emergency landing at Riviera Country Club golf course after the incident in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles on Friday, May 2. The tragic incident took place at around 1 pm after the pilot of the 1966 Cessna 172G Skyhawk couldn't make it to the nearby Santa Monica Airport. Golf personality Roger Steele shared the video of the incident on the social media platform X with the caption, 'This happened at Riv today. I pray I'm never this late for a tee time, but I do pray for the means to pull up this way if I was." In the video, the plane is losing control while flying. It touched the ground, bounced slightly and then made a crash landing near a sandtrap. Someone is heard yelling, 'Holy schnikes" as the plane heads towards them. A few seconds later, a cart driver says, 'I'm moving, I'm moving" as a plane makes a rough landing on the uneven golf course ground. This happened at Riv today. I pray I'm never this late for a tee time, but I do pray for the means to pull up this way if I was 😂 — Roger Steele (@RogerSteeleJr) May 2, 2025 As soon as the video went viral, social media users began flooding the comment section. Dude's gotta be a golfer or professional. He could have landed on the fairway but it seems he purposely avoided and changed course to the rough between sand traps! That's courageous respect of the famed course!— Neal Atkinson (@NealAtkinson9) May 2, 2025 Another wrote, 'Any landing you can walk away from was a great landing." After the incident, the Los Angeles Fire Department released a statement, saying 'LAFD and Santa Monica Fire Department resources responded to a plane (unknown size) that landed safely at Riviera Country Club." It further mentioned that the plane was redirected from Santa Monica Airport, but the reason for that is still unknown. All three occupants, including the pilot, were unharmed in the incident. On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River after both engines failed due to a bird strike. The Airbus A320, piloted by Captain Chesley 'Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, had taken off from New York's LaGuardia Airport when it struck a flock of geese. With no engine power and no safe runway in reach, Captain Sully made the quick decision to ditch the aircraft in the river. All 155 people on board survived. The event, known as the 'Miracle on the Hudson," highlighted Sully's calm leadership and exceptional piloting skills. First Published: May 03, 2025, 14:43 IST
NZ Herald
03-05-2025
- General
- NZ Herald
Cessna aircraft makes emergency landing on Los Angeles golf course close to shocked onlookers
A light aircraft in California made an emergency landing on a golf course. According to KTLA news, the pilot had to make an emergency landing after failing to navigate a landing at the Santa Monica Airport. The Cessna was seen approaching the Riviera Country Club, which will host the golf
