The daring rescue of a pilot who went down in the crash of a small, single-engine airplane was captured on police body camera footage.
— LAPD Operations-Valley Bureau First responders from the LAFD medically evaluated the pilot, whose age and gender are not yet available, then transported them to a regional trauma center. The nature and severity of any injuries they may have sustained are not yet known.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane was a single-engine Cessna 172. They confirmed the pilot was the only person on board and that no one on the ground was injured. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, the FAA said in a statement. Future updates on the crash will be handled by the NTSB.The damaged airplane was still in the area of the Metrolink Antelope Valley line train tracks as of 2:30 p.m., according to the LAFD. Train movement in the area was been restricted.
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