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| Plane makes emergency landing on New York highway | Plane makes emergency landing on New York highway |
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| A small plane has made an emergency landing on a US interstate highway in the New York borough of The Bronx. | A small plane has made an emergency landing on a US interstate highway in the New York borough of The Bronx. |
| The single-engine Piper PA-28 touched down on the Major Deegan Expressway on Saturday afternoon. | |
| None of the three on board suffered serious injury, local media say. | None of the three on board suffered serious injury, local media say. |
| They say investigators are looking into the cause of the emergency - possibly a mechanical failure or fuel shortage. It is unclear how the plane managed to avoid highway traffic as it landed. | They say investigators are looking into the cause of the emergency - possibly a mechanical failure or fuel shortage. It is unclear how the plane managed to avoid highway traffic as it landed. |
| 'Sliding to a stop' | |
| The plane had departed from the city of Danbury in Connecticut for a flight around the Statue of Liberty, according to officials. | |
| It was said to be on its way back when it experienced engine problems. | |
| Paul Collado told the BBC he was driving on the opposite side of the road when he saw the crash. | |
| "I saw the plane literally land 10ft away from me as I was driving on the opposite side. I couldn't believe what I was seeing," he said. | |
| "I didn't see any smoke. I just saw it sliding to a stop on its belly, not on the landing carriage." | |
| New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was "a bit of a miracle" that nobody was seriously hurt or killed, the Associated Press reported. | |
| He added that emergency workers were removing the plane's fuel and there was no fire or gas leak. | |
| Photos taken by bystanders showed blue and white plane largely intact, although its landing gear appeared to have collapsed. | |
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