A Small Plane’s Engine Shuts Down Mid-Flight, and Restarts Just in Time
There’s cockpit video from a small biplane that captures the moment the engine malfunctions and shuts down in mid-flight. The plane starts losing altitude rapidly and things are looking bad…

BIGGS, CA – APRIL 25: A bi-plane from Williams Ag Service drops rice seeds on a field April 25, 2008 in Biggs, California. California rice growers are in the midst of planting nearly 549,000 acres of rice throughout the Sacramento Valley as rice consumers around the world face rice shortages and higher prices. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)There's cockpit video from a small biplane that captures the moment the engine malfunctions and shuts down in mid-flight.
The plane starts losing altitude rapidly and things are looking bad until the pilot gets it started again close to the ground.