A small plane was able to safely land along a Bay Area freeway Monday morning during rush hour, and no cars were hit and no one was injured.
It had the makings of a disaster Monday when a small, single-engine plane had to make an emergency landing on a roadway in Cupertino.
The plane made its landing around 7 am on southbound Highway 85 just south of Stevens Creek Boulevard, as the CHP reported on Xitter. The pilot was able to land the 14-foot plane along the shoulder of the freeway — landing head-on into traffic — and avoided clipping any passing cars.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Just after 7AM, a small plane landed on SR-85 SB SO Stevens Creek. Nobody was injured. The two left lanes are currently open and personnel is on scene working to clear the right lanes. pic.twitter.com/8iUfxZsM48
— CHP San Jose (@CHPSanJose) November 4, 2024
As KTVU reports, via Brooks Jarosz, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, the pilot had run out of gas and had to bring down the plane on a roadway.
The two right-hand lanes of southbound 85 were closed after 7 am as emergency crews arrived and as a tow truck came to remove the plane, per KTVU.
According to the FAA, the plane is a single-engine CubCrafters CC11, and had just the pilot onboard.
