The Pasadena Star News is reporting no one was hurt Wednesday when small airplane made an emergency landing on the 57 Freeway with the help of a good Samaritan on the ground.
The plane touched down just before 7 p.m. on the northbound Orange (57) Freeway, just north of Temple Avenue, Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Melanie Flores said. No one was injured, and the plane did not strike any vehicles on the freeway.
The pilot of the single-engine, Citabria airplane, a man in his 50s, got some assistance from a
good Samaritan motorist driving on the freeway, Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Ed Lozano said.
The pilot identified himself as John Findley of Upland.
"Apparently someone in traffic saw that he was going to come in," the captain said.
The motorist began zig-zagging across freeway lanes to stop traffic and make room for the
airplane, Lozano said.
"The pilot mentioned he saw someone swerving to try and stop traffic for him, and he was able to land the plane," he said. "That's what really stopped an accident."
California Highway Patrol Officer Matt Lentz said the airplane took off from Long
Beach Airport and was headed to to the Brackett Field Airport in La Verne when, "his engine shut off on him."
When rescuers arrived, Lozano said, the pilot had brought the plane to a stop on the right-hand side of the freeway. The incident caused traffic to back up significantly on the northbound 57 Freeway.
Officials from the CHP and the National Transportation Safety Board were working late Wednesday to remove the plane from the freeway.
The plane touched down just before 7 p.m. on the northbound Orange (57) Freeway, just north of Temple Avenue, Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Melanie Flores said. No one was injured, and the plane did not strike any vehicles on the freeway.
The pilot of the single-engine, Citabria airplane, a man in his 50s, got some assistance from a
good Samaritan motorist driving on the freeway, Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Ed Lozano said.
The pilot identified himself as John Findley of Upland.
"Apparently someone in traffic saw that he was going to come in," the captain said.
The motorist began zig-zagging across freeway lanes to stop traffic and make room for the
airplane, Lozano said.
"The pilot mentioned he saw someone swerving to try and stop traffic for him, and he was able to land the plane," he said. "That's what really stopped an accident."
California Highway Patrol Officer Matt Lentz said the airplane took off from Long
Beach Airport and was headed to to the Brackett Field Airport in La Verne when, "his engine shut off on him."
When rescuers arrived, Lozano said, the pilot had brought the plane to a stop on the right-hand side of the freeway. The incident caused traffic to back up significantly on the northbound 57 Freeway.
Officials from the CHP and the National Transportation Safety Board were working late Wednesday to remove the plane from the freeway.
Wow that's amazing how a person could help and see that help was needed that fast... could have ended up in tragedy!
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