The Alameda County Fire Department tweeted video of the plane:
Firefighters & @CHPcastrovalley at the scene of an aircraft emergency landing on WB I-580 near the 164th Ave exit in unincorporated San Leandro. Pilot & passenger are ok, no injuries. No injuries to bystanders or vehicles. No damage to plane or freeway. Cause under investigation pic.twitter.com/ZhRJXxPk5h
— Alameda County Fire (@AlamedaCoFire) August 12, 2018
At 6:46 p.m. on Saturday a man and a woman who was his passenger made an emergency landing.
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The pilot told the California Highway Patrol that the fuel line snapped and caused the plane to lose pressure.
ABC7 News caught a glimpse of the plane:
Yikes! Here’s a closer look at the small plane. Traffic is crawling along WB I-580, after this aircraft landed on the interstate. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/QAkbuusyma
— Amanda del Castillo (@AmandaDTV) August 12, 2018
Neighbors told ABC7 News they heard just that before witnessing the bizarre landing.
"It was like, boom, like, a car was going out of gas or something," said neighbor Michelle Williams. "Then it hit the ground and all I can do was just run and scream and say, 'A plane is on our freeway!'"
