'The only thing we got was that the pilot was coming down low and fast.'
No serious injuries were reported after the plane landed on the 101 Freeway.A flight instructor was forced to make a daring emergency landing on a busy freeway near Los Angeles on Memorial Day after reporting engine problems with his small plane during a lesson with a student pilot, authorities said.
"The officer in command was able to take over and safely land the plane," CHP officer Craig Martin said at a news conference near the scene of the landing. CHP officers created space for the emergency landing by slowing down traffic and transforming lanes on one side of the 101 Freeway into an impromptu runway, Martin said.
The single-engine Cessna landed safely and intact in the cleared southbound lanes of the freeway and the pilot and student walked away without a scratch, Martin said.
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