Thursday, November 26, 2015

Incident occurred November 26, 2015 in Farmingdale, Long Island, Nassau County, New York



FARMINGDALE, Long Island (WABC) -- A blimp that flew over the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday morning was forced to land behind a Long Island school when wind directions changed and the pilot realized he would not make it back to Republic Airport.

The blimp landed behind the Woodward Parkway School in Farmingdale at around 9:45 a.m.

The pilot decided to make a controlled landing after winds changed direction and started blowing them off course.

The pilot determined that if they went any more off course, they would have run out of fuel, so he decided to land in an open space.

After determining his first choice of a school did not have enough open space, he picked the Woodward Parkway School, where he made a successful controlled landing.

Three people were on the blimp, the pilot and two others. No one was injured.

The blimp was hired by the Manhattan Institute as part of a multi media tour to promote the schoolnyc.com web site over the parade.

It had just finished three hours over the parade and was heading back to Republic Airport to refuel when the wind directions changed, threatening to blow the blimp off course.

Story and photos:  http://abc7ny.com



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