Small plane makes emergency landing on busy Pennsylvania highway

Editors note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct location the plane landed.

A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy highway in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning.

The single-propeller plane had landed on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 78 near exit 45, according to officials.

Officials said two people were on the plane and are not injured.

The incident caused heavy traffic on the highway when first responders shut down the eastbound lane to investigate. The plane has since been moved.

Officials said the pilot had left New Jersey and was en route to Indiana but had to make an emergency landing. The pilot was attempting to reach an airport but couldn’t.

NBC10 spoke with a witness, Bonnie Magrowski, who shared photos from the scene. She claimed she saw the pilot in the cockpit as she drove by.

Cortesía: Bonnie Magrowski

Credit: Bonnie Magrowski

Dashcam video obtained by NBC10 also shows the moment the plane landed, flying right above cars before the wheels touched the ground.

Another witness, Cordelia Winkelspecht, told NBC10 that she was driving near I-78 when she saw the plane descending.

“I was like, no, it’s a little too low,” Winkelspecht explained. “And then I was like oh my God it’s about to fly over me.”

“It was the most perfect landing,” Winkelspecht added. “Just everything about it, I was just sitting there frozen. And I just kept thinking only God could do this. This is incredible. It was insane.”

It is unclear at this time what cause emergency landing. Officials said an investigation into this incident is underway.

This incident comes just days after a small plane had crashed landed in a park in Northeast Philadelphia, injuring two people.

This is a developing story; check back here for updates.

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