Drivers shocked as plane makes emergency landing on highway
A small plane has made an emergency landing on an Alabama highway in front of shocked drivers.
According to WXIA-TV , Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt says the flight originated from Talladega Municipal Airport and made the emergency landing nearby on Interstate 20 on Saturday afternoon (local time).
The FAA says the single-engine plane was carrying two people.
Alabama State Troopers told Al.com that the emergency landing was due to engine failure and no one was injured.
So, this just happened: a plane lost its engine and emergency landed on I-20 W in front of us. Video coming. pic.twitter.com/VFO74YGSMe
— Fredie Carmichael (@DeveloperFredie) December 22, 2018
One driver tweeted a video of the airplane moments after the landing.
“He barely missed a few cars and landed perfectly,” Fredie Carmichael wrote along with the footage online.
“The two men inside said it was a student pilot’s first flight and they had engine failure. They were remarkably calm,” he added.
