'I feel like God protected me': Oakland pilot survives total engine failure, lands on Moraga hillside

As Steve Marlin flew his small plane over the Caldecott Tunnel and downtown Orinda on Friday afternoon, everything was smooth. Then he heard a large pop. The sound pilots dread. “It was POW!” Marlin recalled. “The engine was gurgling and I knew it was a matter of time.”
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