costa mesa

A plane en route to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., was losing altitude so the pilot decided to take the freeway.

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'Experienced Pilot' Makes Emergency Landing on Freeway

8:24pm January 29, 2018

by Asia Simone Burns

When the plane's engine failed, 25-year-old Izzy Slod guided the Beech Bonanza under a 20-foot overpass and used State Route 55 in Costa Mesa, Calif., as a landing strip.