Pilot who landed plane on highway early this morning has been arrested for allegedly flying while intoxicated
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the pilot landed the plane on Interstate 70 near Grain Valley early Friday morning."The pilot communicated via radio and made an emergency landing. There was a minor collision with a guardrail," MSHP said on social media.MSHP says no vehicles were hit.
The pilot faces charges of DWI, careless and imprudent operation involving a crash, felony possession of a controlled substance, felony possession of a firearm, possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. FlightAware logs show the aircraft was in Kansas City at the downtown airport at 3 a.m. Thursday before traveling through Mississippi and Alabama to Florida. The pilot reportedly left Florida around and passed over Tennessee before being seen around Warrensburg around 2:15 a.m.This story was originally reported on KSHB.com.
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