Unoccupied plane takes off, flies 1.5 miles and crashes into Merrick County field

[cigaretteman]

Nobody was injured when a small plane crashed into a cornfield near Central City on Tuesday — because nobody was on board when it took off.

The unoccupied airplane was undergoing maintenance — with its engine running — when it departed down the runway at the Central City Airport at about 7:30 p.m.
It climbed to about 200 feet and flew nearly 1.5 miles before crashing into the field near 13th and M Roads, the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

Unoccupied plane takes off, flies 1.5 miles and crashes into Merrick County field

The unoccupied plane climbed to about 200 feet on its journey before crashing into a cornfield.

omaha.com

 

[Finance85]

Most small planes easily take off and fly with a steady rudder. I'm kind of surprised there wasn't any yaw during takeoff.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

I for one welcome our new autonomous plane overlords.

 

[hawkmart]

Awesome, Maximum Overdrive but with planes instead of semi's

 

[BubsFinn]

Even mechanical devices can’t wait to get out of Nebraska.