A recent article about a plane crash at a remote airstrip caught my attention:
Hidden Splendor Airstrip Crash
The article states: “A small airplane crashed shortly after takeoff at a remote airstrip in Emery County Saturday afternoon.
“The Emery County Sheriff’s Office said the Cessna 182 airplane was caught in a crosswind which carried the plane off the Hidden Splendor airstrip, clipping one wing and throwing the plane over the edge of a deep wash.” (https://www.ksl.com/?sid=35566853, accessed 21 July 2015)
The following video by utahbyair.com shows several remote airstrips in southern Utah including the location where the above crash occurred.
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