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None injured in emergency aircraft landing on I-66 in Warren County Saturday morning
At 10:43 a.m. Saturday, September 17, Virginia State Police responded to a report of a small, private aircraft making an emergency landing along Interstate-66 (westbound) at the 6-mile-marker in Warren County.
The preliminary investigation revealed the aircraft, a single-engine Cessna, suffered engine failure. The pilot, and only occupant, was uninjured in the emergency landing on I-66 westbound. And no land vehicles are believed to have been impacted by the emergency landing.
According to VSP Public Information Officer Sgt. Brent Coffey the plane has been moved to the crossover, and all lanes of traffic on I-66 are open as of 12:30 p.m.
The FAA and NTSB were notified of the emergency landing. The incident remains under investigation.
Watch the video of the incident courtesy of Collin Finnell.
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