CHERRY HILL, N.J. (WPIX)—
A media airplane that reports on traffic made its own news this morning after making an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike.The single-engine aircraft landed in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike in Cherry Hill just before 7 a.m. Monday, Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said.
The two people who were on board the plane were not hurt, according to New Jersey State Police.
The aircraft was being used by Metro Networks and was updating vehicular and truck traffic for KYW-AM and KWY-TV In Philadelphia, said Metro spokeswoman Christine Miller. The plane is registered to owner Out of the Blue Inc., of Wilmington Del.
Drivers had to use the left shoulder to get around the plane as a truck was brought in to move the aircraft to the side of the turnpike. Eventually, the truck towed the plane down the turnpike to an exit.
Rush hour traffic on the turnpike resumed with residual delays.
