I guarantee you've never seen an emergency landing like THIS

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Look at this footage from a wing-mounted camera:

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The cherry on top of this crazy cake is the fact that a seaplane had to make an emergency landing in Phoenix. ๐Ÿ˜‚

The incident actually happened in April, but the video from the plane was just released a few days ago. Here's a longer video of the entire landing (pay attention to how the engine goes out):

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More on the situation from 12 News:

The Republic RC-3 airplane landed on 7th Street after experiencing engine problems mid-flight.

The pilot and two passengers all walked away without any injuries.

'This is unbelievable. This a miracle,' Dragisa Raicevic said.

Raicevic, one of the passengers, told 12News they first realized something was wrong when the engine started making an unusual noise.

The pilot tried to recover the engine, but it was too late. Smoke started filling the cockpit.

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The pilot, Mike Tragarz, previously told 12News that 7th Street appeared to be the best option available, but he was met by two more challenges: power lines and a traffic sign hanging over the roadway.

'We don't have enough speed to overflight. The only one solution he choose was right. It was to go down... and he did it,' Raicevic said.

The wing of the plane cleared the traffic sign with inches to spare.

The National Transportation Safety Board said initial examinations showed the engine's exhaust tailpipe separated from the manifold, which caused fractures, which caused ... well, you saw what happened!

Here's another video from a bystander who congratulated the pilot on a "great landing."

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If I may be as bold as to offer a suggestion: Next time you have to make a hard landing with your Republic RC-3 seaplane, go somewhere that there's water. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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