Pilot Probed Over Strip Club Landing

Light plane left in club's parking lot
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 8, 2011 10:35 AM CDT
Pilot Probed Over Strip Club Landing
The pilot may have a tough time explaining what emergency forced him to land in the strip club's parking lot.   (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Police responding to reports of a light aircraft going down in a town south of Montreal found the aircraft parked safely in a parking lot—of a strip club, which the pilot had entered. The 43-year-old later left the bar and took off. Canadian aviation authorities, who say pilots can't land in public places unless there is an emergency, are investigating, the Toronto Sun reports. (More aviation stories.)

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