I remember seeing that plane when we sailed out of Miami back in late October. If I recall right, the base for that plane is right about across the water from the Carnival ship.
I just happened to watch this as I was watching the arrival of Icon of the Seas. It might have struck something in the water, I think, with what looked like was his right pontoon. Might be wrong. I was shocked at how slowly people responded. And YES, Chalks Air Boats use to take off and land here 20 or 30 times a day. Very common occurrence and has been for well over 50+ years. Crashes maybe not so much.
I don't love the headline or the narrative here. The plane didn't "narrowly miss" the cruise port. Seaplanes take off and land in the channel all the time, hence the seaplane base right at the west end of the channel. The plane had a hard landing exactly where he was attempting to land. He damaged the pontoon, which filled it with water and pulled the right side of the aircraft down like that. But the channel IS a runway for seaplanes. Labeling it as some sort of near miss would be saying that several planes "narrowly miss" the port every single day.
@@hbtravels2020 It was tripping watching it come flying in when I was there. Before I knew it belonged there. I think he swerved trying to avoid a pothole 🙂
I remember seeing that plane when we sailed out of Miami back in late October. If I recall right, the base for that plane is right about across the water from the Carnival ship.
I just happened to watch this as I was watching the arrival of Icon of the Seas. It might have struck something in the water, I think, with what looked like was his right pontoon. Might be wrong. I was shocked at how slowly people responded. And YES, Chalks Air Boats use to take off and land here 20 or 30 times a day. Very common occurrence and has been for well over 50+ years. Crashes maybe not so much.
I don't love the headline or the narrative here. The plane didn't "narrowly miss" the cruise port. Seaplanes take off and land in the channel all the time, hence the seaplane base right at the west end of the channel. The plane had a hard landing exactly where he was attempting to land. He damaged the pontoon, which filled it with water and pulled the right side of the aircraft down like that. But the channel IS a runway for seaplanes. Labeling it as some sort of near miss would be saying that several planes "narrowly miss" the port every single day.
It was so crazy to watch it live on the cruise terminal cam
So depressing when I can't go on a cruise
correct. I was on a Miami to Nassau cruise back in the 80's. I watched a seaplane land in the channel and taxi to it's ramp. This is nothing new.
If you watch, you’ll see the wing hit the water and tip over.
@@hbtravels2020 It was tripping watching it come flying in when I was there. Before I knew it belonged there. I think he swerved trying to avoid a pothole 🙂
@@hbtravels2020 It looks like the right side pontoon was damaged and lost buoyancy causing the wing to dip into the water. Luckily, nobody was hurt.
@johnfrank6112 could have been very bad! Glad everyone was okay. Thanks for watching. Cheers