Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Freeway

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that made a nighttime emergency landing on a Southern California freeway said as soon as the engine died he knew he’d never make it to a nearby airport.
“I saw an opening on the highway and I went for it right away,” Israel Slod said after safely guiding the single-engine Beech G33 onto State Route 55 in Costa Mesa on Sunday night.
Fire Capt. Chris Coates said it was a “complete miracle” that traffic was lig