Plane makes emergency landing on highway; Watch Video..
A pilot and passenger appeared to be safe after the duo made an emergency landing on a California highway Saturday. The unidentified pilot was forced to land the single-engine Cessna on Interstate 580 in San Leandro, located about 20 miles east of San Francisco, according to FOX2.
Dashcam video shows the plane landing on the shoulder of the highway as traffic zooms by. The plane was not damaged, nor were any vehicles on the freeway hit by the plane.
The plane is registered in Reno, Nevada, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It was on its way from Lake Tahoe to Hayward. The pilot was heading to Hayward Executive Airport from Lake Tahoe when the plane’s engine started acting up, the FAA said, so the pilot looked for the safest spot to set it down.
The Geers said it looked like the pilot waited for a gap in traffic, then dropped it down near the 164th street exit.
“He was able to hold that plane up until all the cars got out of the way and then he landed it and he immediately went to the side,” said Brandi Geers.
She quickly called 911. CHP said they put out the alert to officers at around 6:45 p.m.
Eric Greer was behind the wheel of the family car during the incident. He said he started trying to slow down the traffic behind him as the plane made its way onto the shoulder of the freeway.
“It was fear at first and then adrenaline kicks in,” said Eric Greer. “So I was trying to like, ‘Hey! Listen up!’ So I was swerving around on the freeway.”
The landing forced the closure of two lanes, California Highway Patrol Officer Herman Baza told.