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Plane makes emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from Dulles airport

Aviation News International – a small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles International Airport on Friday afternoon, but no injuries were reported, authorities said.

Police responded to a call just before 1 p.m. about a small aircraft making an emergency landing on Loudoun County Parkway, Virginia State Police said in a news release.

Police said the plane landed on the parkway’s westbound lanes, only a couple miles away from the airport.

Source: https://apnews.com/article/virginia-highway-plane-emergency-landing-dulles-c06e393a6b5a1f67c64098324e411d66
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