Small plane makes emergency landing on snowy Virginia highway

A small passenger aircraft made an emergency touchdown on a northern Virginia freeway after taking off from close by Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport on Friday afternoon, however no accidents had been reported, authorities stated.

Police responded to a name simply earlier than 1 p.m. a couple of small plane making an emergency touchdown on Loudoun County Parkway, Virginia State Police stated in a information launch.

Police stated the aircraft landed on the parkway’s westbound lanes, solely a pair miles away from the airport.

No automobiles had been struck, and the one harm occurred to a guardrail on the sting of the street, police stated.

The airport stated it acquired studies of a departed plane, Southern Airways Categorical flight 246, that landed off airport property on a close-by roadway, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson James Johnson stated by e-mail. The airport stays open for takeoffs and landings, Johnson stated.

A Southern Airways Categorical aircraft was scheduled to depart Dulles for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at 12:45 p.m., in accordance with FlightAware.

There have been seven folks on board the single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan, in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration. The airline confirmed that 5 had been passengers, along with two crew members. The FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board will examine.

Virginia State Police recognized the pilot as Ahmed Awais, 27, a Florida resident. Passengers included 4 adults and a 15-year-old boy, police stated.

In a press release, the airline’s CEO, Stan Little, stated, “We’re relieved to report there have been no accidents, and all passengers are secure and sound. We’re grateful to our pilots, who did precisely what they had been educated to do — to place the security of our passengers first. We’re working carefully with the authorities to totally examine the scenario.”

Southern Airways Categorical was based in 2013 and is predicated in Palm Seashore, Florida. The commuter airline serves 40 U.S. cities stretching from Nantucket Island in Massachuetts to Honolulu, in accordance with its web site.

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