Small plane makes emergency landing on highway

NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane that made an emergency landing on a New York City highway was returning to Connecticut after touring the Statue of Liberty.

According to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, it was on its way back to Danbury, Conn., when it experienced engine problems.

 

He said all three people on board are being treated at a Bronx hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Emergency workers were removing the plane’s fuel and there was no fire or gas leak.

He called the safe landing extraordinary and ‘‘a bit of a miracle,’’ that nobody was seriously hurt or killed.

 

The highway was closed and emergency personnel were on the scene.

 

Patricia Sapol, 29, of West Point, was driving south on the highway with her husband when they saw emergency vehicles surrounding the downed plane, about 15 minutes after the landing.

 

‘‘We couldn’t believe it! We thought, ‘Oh my God that’s a plane!’ It was pretty incredible,’’ she said. ‘‘The fact that there was no actual crash we thought was pretty surprising.’’

 

 

 

 

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