here's abc's david gurley. >> it was a flight that could have ended in tragedy.ers walking away with only minor injuries after their troubled plane was forced to make an energy hemergency landing. not at a runway but by parachute in arkansas tuesday morning. onlookers took out their phones to record video and call 911. >> plane has possibly gone down. >> reporter: the small aircraft had just taken off when it started to lose oil pressure and engine power. the pilot, former u.s. walmart ceo bill simon, deployed the emergency chute which floated the plane to a road in fayetteville. the plane did hit a truck with a woman and two children inside, leaving the woman in shock. it's not the first time a plane's parachute has saved lives. >> so fast. >> so fast. >> just happened too quick. >> reporter: a texas couple narrowly escaped this fiery crash last month. their plane's chute got tangled up in power lines preventing it from hitting the ground. >> parachute definitely saved our lives. when we stopped, both of us at the same time said let's get out of here. >> reporte

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here's abc's david gurley. >> it was a flight that could have ended in tragedy. three passengers walking away with only minor injuries after their troubled plane was forced to make an energy hademergency landing. not at a runway but by parachute in arkansas tuesday morning. onlookers took out their phones to record video and call 911. >> plane has possibly gone down. >> reporter: the small aircraft had just taken off when it started to lose oil pressure and

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