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WEBVTT A NEW TRIAL DATE FOR THE LATESTSHOOTING HAS NOT BEEN SET.BRET: AN EMERGENCY CRASH LANDINGON THE HIGHWAY IN MUSKOGEE, ANDSKY 5 PILOT CHASE RUTLEDGE WASTHERE, AS HE WAS TRAINING WITHTHE NATIONAL GUARD.CHASE SAID HE'S NEVER BEEN IN ASITUATION WHERE HE TALKED WITHTHE PILOT MOMENTS BEFORE HECRASHED.THIS IS SKY 5 PILOT CHASERUTLEDGE'S VIEW FROM A NATIONALGUARD HELICOPTER ABOVE HIGHWAY64 IN MUSKOGEE.ANOTHER PILOT FROM MISSOURIMAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTHE HIGHWAY, AFTER HE APPARENTLYLOST POWER IN THE AIR.>> ONE OF THE LASTCOMMUNICATIONS WE HAD WITH HIMWAS THAT HE WAS AT 2000 FEETOVER THE CITY OF MUSKOGEE, SOTHAT'S ABOUT SIX MILES AWAY FROMTHE AIRPORT, AND HE SAID HE'SPROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TOMAKE THE AIRFIELD.BRET: CHASE HAD BEEN TALKING TOTHIS SAME MAN EARLIER IN THEDAY, WHEN HE WAS MILES AWAY, TRAINING AT CAMP GRUBER FORTHE NATIONAL GUARD.>> IT IS A HELPLESS FEELINGBECAUSE IT GETS REALLY, REALLYQUIET AND YOU BECOME REALLYALONE.BRET: BUT HE SAID THE MANIMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR HELP, ANDSAID HE WAS GOING TO TRY ANDLAND IN A FIELD.INSTEAD, HE LANDED ON HIGHWAY64, HIS NOSE PARTLY IN THEDITCH, AFTER HIS LEFT WINGCLIPPED A SIGN DURING THELANDING.THE PILOT AND HIS FEMALEPASSENGER ARE OK, AND CHASECREDITS THAT TO THE PILOTSTAYING CALM AND COMMUNICATING.>> IF YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION,JUST KEY UP THE MIC AND STARTTALKING, BECAUSE WHAT OTHERAIRCFT IN THE AREA WANT TOKNOW IS, WHERE ARE YOU?BRET: CHASE TELLS US HE TURNED