My father in law just returned from his yearly pilgrimage to Lebanon. He says that on the last leg of his flight, the plane had to make an emergency landing "100 meters" from a river (he was very specific as he was nervous the plane would apparently fall in the river). They then had to wait several hours until some buses arrived and drove them 4-5 hours until they arrived in Wichita.
I have been disconnected from news/internet the past few days. Is this a real thing that happened?