FOX: Senator Jim Inhofe walked away unscathed Sunday night after reportedly skidding off an Oklahoma airport runway after landing a small plane.
Donelle Harder, a spokeswoman for Inhofe, said the 81-year-old Republican was out flying when severe weather forced him to land near Ketchum at around 7 p.m. Much of the state had been under a severe thunderstorm watch Sunday.
FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford told the Associated Press the agency had received a report that a pilot veered into some brush to avoid a deer on the runway. The agency didn’t release the pilot’s name but said the person was not injured. more here
Actually he veered off course to avoid some flying reindeer who didn’t have a license to fly in July.
Skid happens.
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Sounds like he did very well for himself considering everything; severe weather conditions, which means high winds; and a deer on the runway. Either or both could easily wreck a small plane.
That’s a darn fine man, right there, God Bless him.