A small plane made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon along the southbound lanes of I-355 in suburban Bolingbrook.
A small plane made an emergency landing along a southwest suburban stretch of the Illinois Tollway during the Tuesday afternoon rush hour.
The single-engine Beechcraft passenger plane landed perfectly intact just off the shoulder of the southbound lanes of Interstate 355 in Bolingbrook near milepost 13.7.The pilot was the only one on board and was uninjured in the incident. The airplane did not strike any vehicles or fixed objects, according to Illinois State Police.
"This pilot did a fantastic job landing on I-355 after an engine failure," the Bolingbrook Fire Department wrote in a Facebook post. The plane is based out of Denver, Colorado. It was traveling from Middleton, Wisconsin to Brookeridge Air Park in Downers Grove, according to plane tracking websiteThe plane was only about four miles from its destination when it landed in the swamp-like embankment.
This is at least the second time a plane has made an emergency landing on or near I-355. On May 13, 2021,The Federal Aviation Administration will now investigate what led up to the emergency landing.
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