Plane rolls over after being hit by blast from jet engines
- On Saturday, November 7, 2026, a Cessna 172 flipped upside down on the ACI Jet ramp at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, with two occupants escaping without injury.
- Orange County Fire Authority officials attributed the overturning to high winds as a Red Flag Warning was in effect Saturday for the region due to gusty Santa Ana winds.
- OCFC Director Niki-A told CBS LA the plane flipped "because of a jet blast from a United or Southwest airline jet," while noting the aircraft was not tethered down at the time.
- John Wayne Airport spokesperson AnnaSophia Servin confirmed the incident caused no impact to airport operations, while recovery and investigation efforts remain underway.
- OCFC officials argue a current construction and realignment project at the airport jeopardizes flight safety, as the ongoing development adversely impacts general aviation aircraft parked on the ramp.
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Small Plane With Two People Inside Gets Flipped Upside Down By 737 At California Airport: Watch
A student pilot in California got a flying lesson over the weekend that he probably won’t forget anytime soon. And it didn’t even happen while he was in the air. A jet blast from a United Airlines Boeing 737 flipped a small Cessna 172 onto its side Saturday at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. […]
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An unusual incident occurred at John Wayne Airport in California when a small plane flipped over due to the strong thrust of the exhaust from another plane taking off. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon in Orange County, California, when a Cessna 172 aircraft flipped over while taxiing behind another plane, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told KTLA. The aircraft was parked at the ACI Jet parking lot in Santa Ana and had two peo…
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