Pilot saved by portable toilets, and more

A pilot’s life was saved when his plane crashed into a field of portable toilets.

Pilot saved by portable toilets

A pilot’s life was saved when his plane crashed into a field of portable toilets. The unnamed 67-year-old had just taken off from the airport in Puyallup, Wash., when the engine of his Cessna failed. Heading back to the runway, the plane struck a fence and crashed upside down in a field of “Honey Bucket” portable restrooms. “The Honey Buckets kind of cushioned things,” said a company official.

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