Aviation experts speak out about recent plane accidents

 There are plenty of questions as to why two small planes went down within two weeks, in the Quad Cities area. 

Even though both planes took off from the Davenport Municipal Airport, manager Tom Vesalga says there's no need to worry.

"It just happened to be a coincidence that we had two of them within weeks of each other and the pilots themselves; they did it by the book," he explains.

Last night, a small plane made an emergency landing near 60th and Fairmount Street in Davenport. This comes just ten days after another small prop plane went down in a Cordova cornfield.

While both cases are still under investigation, Vesalga says pilots are trained to handle anything.

"Aviation is still the safest mode of travel," Vesalga adds. "Whether it's for pleasure or business or vacations or whatever - I will always choose an airplane over a car any day."

Vesalga says pilots are taught how to land in a field if they have a problem in the air that they can't solve.

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