Light plane erupts into flames after crashing on California freeway
Two people have been pulled from the wreckage of a light plane which crash-landed on a major freeway in Orange County, California.
The Cessna 310 aircraft came down just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa, bursting into flames about 9:30am Friday local time.
Two people, understood to be a man and woman aged in their 50s and 60s, were pulled from the burning wreckage and rushed to a local hospital.
Miraculously, no cars were struck by the plane, however the crash brought traffic on the highway to a halt.
An investigation is underway.
Video captured the moment a plane crashed on I-405 near John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa. WATCH: https://t.co/Iwmh2to3pW pic.twitter.com/k6H469LUFY
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) June 30, 2017
Another photo of small #plane crash on 405 in #CostaMesa. (Credit: @dggrfan) @JohnWayneAir says it is a Cessna 310. @ABC7 #JWA pic.twitter.com/BJFnaLLNOn
— Greg Lee (@abc7greg) June 30, 2017
It appears no cars were struck when the plane crashed on southbound 405 Freeway in Costa Mesa https://t.co/E7Hwtluzbn pic.twitter.com/fngYVWxpcN
— #NBC7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) June 30, 2017
