Airplane Door Lands on Golf Course
Federal aviation authorities are investigating how a private jet's main cabin door landed on a fairway at a South Florida golf course.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports that the Canadair CL60's door landed Wednesday afternoon on the 16th fairway of the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa's golf course in Hallandale Beach.
No injuries were reported.
The jet had just taken off from the Opa-Locka Executive Airport and was headed about 30 miles north to its home base at Pompano Beach Municipal Airport when it lost the door. The pilot landed the plane the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Wednesday was one of two days during the year that the golf course closes for maintenance. The course is also surrounded by residential areas and businesses.