Civilian emergency landing at NAS Brunswick

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Civilian emergency landing at NAS Brunswick
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 12, 2009 13:41:15 EST

BRUNSWICK, Maine — A civilian pilot who brought his stricken aircraft to a safe landing at Naval Air Station Brunswick made some history before the closing of the base.

The emergency landing of a Cessna 172 on Wednesday appears to be the first such landing of a private aircraft in the installation’s history, said Lt. Cmdr. Jorge Maderal, a base spokesman. Base officials scoured the logbooks dating to 1962 and could find no references to a similar situation, he said.

The pilot, James Jordan, was flying from Bangor International Airport, Maine, to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, N.H., for a business meeting when the airplane developed engine trouble.

It’s illegal for civilian aircraft to land on military installations, so the airplane was confiscated and checked out by base security officials Wednesday morning.

“As all good bureaucracies go, they have to fill out all the paperwork and make sure the I’s are dotted and the T’s crossed,” Maderal said.


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