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HBPD units shine their headlights on plane that landed on the beach (HBPD photo).
An emergency landing was made by a small private airplane on the sands of Huntington Beach this week.
According to the Huntington Beach Police Department, the plane – whose pilot said he was having engine trouble – set down on the strand between Lifeguard Towers 11 and 13 at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The HBPD’s helicopter pilot overheard radio traffic from John Wayne Airport about the aircraft in distress and located it as it searched for a place to land.
The pilot maintained visual contact and watched the plane touch down safely on the city beach. Neither occupant of the plane was injured.
