Wild footage showed a small airplane making an emergency landing on an interstate in Pennsylvania.

The incident happened on Interstate 78 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning.

“Pennsylvania State Police confirmed the plane landed on I-78 eastbound on Saturday morning, and the pilot, a 65-year-old Michigan man, and the passenger, a 34-year-old New Jersey woman, were not injured,” CBS News wrote.

“The 1995 Commander 114B plane took off from Solberg, New Jersey, on a flight to Indiana when, shortly after 9 a.m., the pilot noticed engine problems and landed the plane safely,” it continued.

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NBC News shared further:

Emily Rivera, who posted the video, was traveling from Harrisburg to Lehigh Valley when she saw the plane make the landing.

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“Honestly I was in disbelief because I never expected a plane to land in front of me!” Rivera said, adding that she was impressed with how the pilot landed.

Police said to expect delays in the area and that all traffic eastbound is being detoured onto exit 40.

The FAA is investigating the incident.

“Fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene and the eastbound lanes were closed for several hours. The plane has since been towed to a local airport and the highway has reopened,” CBS Philadelphia stated.

NBC10 Philadelphia noted:

NBC10 spoke with a witness, Bonnie Magrowski, who shared photos from the scene. She claimed she saw the pilot in the cockpit as she drove by.

Dashcam video obtained by NBC10 also shows the moment the plane landed, flying right above cars before the wheels touched the ground.

Another witness, Cordelia Winkelspecht, told NBC10 that she was driving near I-78 when she saw the plane descending.

“I was like, no, it’s a little too low,” Winkelspecht explained. “And then I was like oh my God it’s about to fly over me.”

“It was the most perfect landing,” Winkelspecht added. “Just everything about it, I was just sitting there frozen. And I just kept thinking only God could do this. This is incredible. It was insane.”

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