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An Airplane Makes an Emergency Landing on a Busy Freeway

A couple in Southern California shot cell phone video of a small plane making an emergency landing just ahead of them on the freeway.  A student pilot was at the…

LEXINGTON, KY – AUGUST 28: A small plane lands on runway 22 at Lexington Blue Grass Airport as National Transportation Safety Board investigators work in a makeshift camp surrounding the crash site of Comair Flight 5191 August 28, 2006 in Lexington, Kentucky. Forty-seven passengers and two of the three crew members aboard Flight 5191 died after the Comair jet crashed shortly of take-off from Lexington Blue Grass Airport. (Photo by Jamie Rhodes/Getty Images)

(Photo by Jamie Rhodes/Getty Images)

A couple in Southern California shot cell phone video of a small plane making an emergency landing just ahead of them on the freeway.  A student pilot was at the controls when the engine lost power.

The flight instructor had to take over, and he did a great job of maneuvering between several cars as well as the center divider in order to land safely.