A small airplane made an emergency landing on Interstate 10 on Monday morning, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident occurred around 9:55 a.m. near mile marker 14 of the interstate.
A pilot and flight student reported a mechanical issue that forced an emergency landing on the eastbound lane of the interstate in the area between Davis Highway and Scenic Highway.
No injuries were reported, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The Florida Highway Patrol confirmed no other vehicles were involved.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the emergency landing was necessitated by an engine failure.
The interstate was temporarily shut down due to the incident, but officials were able to move the aircraft to the roadside and allow traffic to flow.
Public flight tracking data shows the plane, a 1974 Piper Cherokee Warrior, took off from the Pensacola International Airport at 9:20 a.m.
The plane flew north to the Barrineau Park area near the Perdido River at a height of 3,000 feet, where it did some turns before heading back to Pensacola. The plane dropped off flight tracking data at 9:52 a.m. as it was over the Ensley area at 1,600 feet, about two miles from where it made its emergency landing on I-10.
The plane operates out of the Pensacola Air Flight School and, according to its website, has been available for flight students’ training since 2022.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Airplane makes emergency landing on Interstate 10
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