The pilot of a small plane says he had to land in a Grant County cornfield last weekend after losing altitude while flying over Fennimore. The sheriff’s office learned of his actions when it got a phone call from O’Hare International Airport. Twenty-two-year-old pilot Colten Jaekel called 9-1-1 to help emergency responders find him. Jaekel says he was trying to make it to the Boscobel Airport after his plane began descending at a rate of 500 feet-a-minute. He had broadcast a “Mayday” call on an emergency channel and it was heard by officials at the Chicago airport. Jaekel wasn’t injured.
Wisconsin Pilot Forced To Land Small Plane In Cornfield
Mar 4, 2020 | 1:36 PM
