UPDATE:
At about 12:43 p.m. Friday, a Beechcraft Travel Air twin-piston aircraft made an emergency landing on the NYS Thruway northbound near Exit 23, in the city of Albany. The pilot realized he wouldn’t make the runway due to mechanical issues and instead decided to land the aircraft on the Thruway.
The pilot, Logan M. Steed, age 19 from Winnsboro, South Carolina and two passengers, Steven D. Strunk, age 54 and April D. Strunk age 52 both from Mount Perry, Ohio were not injured.
The plane departed from Fairfield County Airport in Winnsboro, South Carolina at 8:35 a.m., and was headed to Bennington, VT. The pilot was attempting to land at Albany International Airport due to mechanical issues. The aircraft is registered to a flight training school in Winnsboro.
State Police and the FAA continue to investigate the incident.
Three people escaped injury Friday when the small plane they were flying in made an emergency landing on the New York State Thruway.
Specific details are unknown at this time other than the plane went down in the northbound lane near Exit 23 in Albany. State Police closed two of the three northbound lanes until a later time.
There is no word yet on what caused the plane to go down.
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