Crime & Safety
Small Plane Lands On Sunrise Highway [VIDEO]
First a helicopter in the water and now a plane on Sunrise Highway. What's going on today?
YAPHANK, NY – A small plane made an emergency landing on Sunrise Highway Wednesday afternoon. It happened around 1 p.m. near Exit 57– Horseblock Road in Suffolk County, police said.
The male pilot, who was alone on the plane, was not injured. The plane was headed to Brookhaven Calabro Airport, police said. The FAA was responding to the scene and will determine how the plane will be removed from the highway.
The highway plane landing came just hours after a helicopter made an emergency landing in the Atlantic Ocean off Gilgo Beach. Shane McMahon, of WWE fame, was one of the two people on the helicopter.
A video of the plane landing was posted on YouTube (be warned it does contain profanity):
Small plane makes emergency landing on Sunrise Highway, Yaphank, LI. Cause unclear. No injuries; pilot praised for his skill. @ABC7NY at 4. pic.twitter.com/Sx5R3Yi4ON
— N. J. Burkett (@njburkett7) July 19, 2017
No bigs, Just a quick plane landing on the #sunrisehighway. Sometimes traffic is fun pic.twitter.com/MGJdKKHVJK
— Mark Koester (@MKfitnessNYC) July 19, 2017
Photo via Twitter/@juliesforza
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