Low Flying Plane Over Roosevelt Island Barely Makes it Over Queensboro Bridge This Morning – Is That Normal?

Image of Queensboro Bridge
Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. (RIOC) Director Jonathan Kalkin tweeted this morning:

Anyone else see a small plane almost hit the Queensboro bridge while flying over Roosevelt Island 1 hour ago

Mr. Kalkin adds:

I was facing the bridge near the tram station and saw the small plane flying toward the lower level of the Queensboro bridge over Roosevelt Island. At the last second it went up and over it. It barely made it over. I don’t know if that is normal, but it seemed very close.

I did not see the low flying plane today but I frequently do see seaplanes flying pretty low and close to the Queensboro Bridge and Riverwalk Buildings.Here’s a 2009 You Tube Video of a plane flying over Roosevelt Island and landing in the East River