Emergency Landing: Small Plane Touches Down on Virginia Highway
TL;DR
A small passenger plane, Southern Airways Express flight 246, made an emergency landing on a highway in northern Virginia after taking off from Washington Dulles International Airport, with no injuries reported among the seven people on board. The single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan landed on Loudoun County Parkway's westbound lanes, causing no damage to vehicles and only minor damage to a guardrail. The FAA and NTSB will investigate the incident, and the airline confirmed that all passengers and crew are safe.
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