Blimp's unscheduled landing in Fishtown goes awry
A blimp made an unscheduled landing on a construction site Friday evening in the city's Fishtown section. No injuries were reported after the two-passenger blimp went down along the 1900 block of Richmond Street just after 6:45 p.m., police said.
A blimp made an unscheduled landing on a construction site Friday evening in the city's Fishtown section.
No injuries were reported after the two-passenger blimp went down along the 1900 block of Richmond Street just after 6:45 p.m., police said.
The Police Aviation Unit posted photos of the downed blimp on Twitter. People could be seen inspecting the blimp, which appeared to wrapped around a utility police.
The blimp was displaying advertising for Bostik, an adhesive company.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were notified of the incident, police said.
- Robert Moran