plane crash landing on 91 freeway

plane crash landing on 91 freeway
The pilot and passenger of a small single-engine plane managed to walk away without a scratch after crash-landing on a California freeway on Tuesday afternoon.

Andrew Cho who was piloting the Piper Cherokee lost engine power and so decided to use the 91 Freeway near Corona in Riverside County, east of LA, as a runway.

The plane burst into flames as it careered across the lanes of the freeway before coming to rest on the shoulder.

Seconds later, passing drivers captured the moment Cho and his business partner passenger escaped from the burning wreck with their lives as thick black smoke billowed into the air.

'It felt like a hard bump. Hard to describe,' Cho told KTLA. 'We were four to five feet in the air when the plane stalled completely and fell to the ground.'

Cho said it was all down to training that he was able to make the crash landing successfully.

'Your training kicks in and you do the right thing. As long as you don't panic, you get the best outcome,' he explained.

'The pilot claims to have experienced possible engine failure on their final descent to Corona Municipal Airport,' California Highway Patrol Captain Levi Miller said.

'We're very fortunate today that the traffic was light, and the pilot appears to have made some good landing navigation that avoided what could have been a very bad tragedy,' Miller added.

The driver and three occupants of a pickup truck that was also struck by one of the planes wings were also unhurt.

Portions of the freeway were closed for several hours while the wreckage was cleared and investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration attempted to uncover the cause behind the crash.