Video Shows Pilot's Miraculous Emergency Landing on a Busy NJ Highway
On Sunday, traffic cameras captured the surreal moment when a skydiving plane made an emergency landing on New Jersey’s Route 72 and yesterday authorities uploaded the incredible footage to Facebook.
Amazingly, police say no cars were damaged during the landing and the only injury suffered by the plane’s five occupants was a cut to the instructor’s arm.
Scene under investigation still. Rt.72 is open. Full press release coming. pic.twitter.com/FGY6n64hBJ
July 12, 2015
“We are very happy all are safe,” George Voishnis, co-owner of Skydive East Coast, told NJ.com. “The instructors readied their students and the pilot expertly flew the plane avoiding power lines landed between the cars on Route 72.”
According to Voishnis, the emergency landing was prompted by a mechanical problem with the plane’s engine. Authorities say the F.A.A. is investigating the incident.
