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Plane hit by 3 cars after Calif. freeway landing
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-08-24 08:00
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.: Authorities say a small airplane was struck by three vehicles just after it made an emergency landing on a California freeway. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the Piper PA-24 Comanche with two people on board was bound for Santa Barbara Airport Sunday when the pilot told air traffic controllers he had no fuel remaining and landed on the southbound side of US Highway 101, about one mile northeast of the airport.
Richards says traffic briefly backed up for miles while crews shut down the freeway to remove the plane. |