DUO RESCUED AFTER LEAP OUT OF STALLED AIRPLANE.Byline: - Staff and wire services A Burbank man and his flight instructor A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to fly aircraft. Specific privileges granted to holders of a flight instructor certificate vary from country to country, but very generally, a flight instructor serves to enhance or evaluate the knowledge and skill level of an were rescued from the ocean near Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Harbor on Sunday after they parachuted from a stalled aerobatic airplane. The single-engine Super Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. developed engine trouble, stalled and crashed into the water near Los Angeles Harbor, where it sank, officials said. The Super Decathlon took off from Long Beach Municipal Airport, and the instructor had been demonstrating stalls when he was unable to restart the engine, said Lt. j.g. Neil Marcelino of the U.S. Coast Guard. The men jumped at an altitude of about 2,000 feet, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Brian Humphrey. The pilot, a 53-year-old San Pedro man, suffered a broken ankle when he hit the doorway while jumping, Humphrey said. His 43-year-old student from Burbank was treated for hypothermia hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature, with slowing of physiological activity. It is artificially induced (usually with ice baths) for certain surgical procedures and cancer treatments. . Their conditions were not considered serious, officials said. ``I would describe the men as being profoundly fortunate,'' Humphrey said. A Los Angeles County lifeguard boat reached the two about 2 miles from shore at 11:37 a.m., 14 minutes after a caller reported seeing their plane crash, lifeguard Capt. Chris Linkletter said. Linkletter said it was an off-duty Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. police officer who saw the men parachuting out of the plane and called the U.S. Coast Guard, which notified Los Angeles city and county fire personnel. ``(The men) recognized they were having engine trouble and parachuted out of the plane,'' Linkletter said. They were treading water, supported by a single life vest until the rescue boat arrived, she said. |
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