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Small-engine plane urgently sat on the highway and crashed into a pickup truck

Light-engine aircraft Cessna 172D Skyhawk made an emergency landing on a busy highway in Florida and collided with a pickup truck

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Small-engine plane urgently sat on the highway and crashed into a pickup truck

The Cessna 172D Skyhawk made an emergency landing on a busy Florida highway and collided with a pickup truck. This was reported by the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

The incident occurred on November 7 around noon in the North Fort Myers area, near the intersection of Bayshore Road and Interstate I-75.

On board the aircraft were two pilots who encountered a technical malfunction during the flight and decided to land on the roadway.

Upon descent, the aircraft touched the back of the pickup truck, moving in an easterly direction. The moment of emergency landing was caught on video taken by eyewitnesses.

The footage shows the aircraft descending onto the road among moving cars.

The county sheriff said no one was hurt. The reasons for the technical failure have not yet been established.

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Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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