🚨 Small plane from a New Jersey airport makes emergency landing on Route 78 in Pennsylvania
🚨 Pilot from Michigan landed the plane on the right shoulder
🚨 Highway closed for hours as crews removed aircraft
WEISENBERG TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A plane that left a New Jersey airport made an emergency landing on I-78 in Pennsylvania Saturday morning.
The Commander 114B plane that took off from Soleberg Airport in Readington flew low over the interstate around 9:20 a.m. after developing an engine problem, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
The 65-year-old pilot from Michigan tried to make it to an airport but instead brought the plane to a stop on the right-hand shoulder, west of Allentown in Weisenberg Township.
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FAA records reveal aircraft details
Neither the pilot nor his passenger, a 34-year-old New Jersey woman, was injured during the landing. They were headed to Indiana…