GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A small plane landed on a Greensboro, North Carolina, highway on Wednesday evening, according to the Greensboro Police Department.
EMS officials responded around 8 p.m. to Interstate 840 near Battleground Avenue. Greensboro police say a car hit the plane after it landed, which forced the closure of westbound lanes.
One person who was a passenger in the plane is being treated at a hospital for injuries, police said. One person in the vehicle that clipped the plane was not hurt.
The cause of the emergency landing is unknown at this time. Two people were in the plane when it landed.
The ramp remained closed until past midnight.
Greensboro Assistant Police Chief Stephanie Mardis released the following statement Wednesday night:
On 08.28.2024 at approximately 1955 hours—Piedmont Triad Airport Communications received a distress call from a single engine small plane experiencing mechanical failure. The plane affected emergency landing on I-840 westbound at the I-73 juncture. Once stationary—a passenger vehicle traveling in the westbound lanes of I-840 made contact with the stationary airplane. There were two occupants in the airplane with one sustaining minor injury who was transported to be treated at a local hospital. There was one occupant in the passenger vehicle that did not sustain injuries. The Greensboro Police Department will oversee the vehicle crash investigation and the NTSB will investigate the cause of the airplane malfunction.
Greensboro Assistant Police Chief Stephanie Mardis
