No one was injured when a single-engine aircraft made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando told CBS2 that the plane landed in the northbound lanes in Cherry Hill just before 7 a.m. Monday, about two miles south from Interchange 4.
Aviation officials say it was a low oil pressure indicator that caused the landing. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the landing was precautionary because of the indicator.
State Police say both people aboard were unhurt.
A truck was brought in to get the plane off to the side of the turnpike.
By 7:30 a.m., traffic was getting through only the left shoulder.
(Source: WCBSTV / Eli Rowe – YWN / YWN-32)
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Highway trivia:
One of the laws in place when building an interstate is that there has to be a certain amount of “straight away” every certain amount of distance. The reason is, as we saw this morning, to enable a plane to do an emergency landing on the highway.
they must have charged him the highest toll since he lost his entrance ticket
did this plane take off from teterboro, bec. that would explain the emergency landing
Mark Levin,
Your trevia has all the markings of an urban myth and indeed 30 seconds of googleing show that it is not at all factual.
See http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/mayjun00/onemileinfive.htm