10/29/01Pilot, wife unharmed in rough landing

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Tenn., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The pilot of a small single-engine plane that made an emergency belly landing on a Florida highway walked away from the crash with his pregnant wife.

Justin Robinette, 26, said he and his wife Ciji, 25, were unharmed Thursday when he put the Piper PA 32 down on Interstate 75 about 2:15 p.m. near Mile Marker 28 in Broward County, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday.

"I'm so glad to be alive. The three of us survived," Ciji Robinette said, referring to herself, her husband and her unborn daughter.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue said the Robinettes were on their way to Florida's Opa-locka Airport when the plane started experiencing engine troubles.

"We've had landings here before, but you're extremely lucky not to have injuries in this case," Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky said.

A Maury County pilot landed his single-engine plane along an interstate in Florida Thursday, his father said.

The Daily Herald in Columbia, Tenn., reported a family member said the Robinettes, who are from Maury County, were headed to Miami to take a cruise. The family owns a trucking company in Mount Pleasant, Tenn.

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