SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - August 23, 2009 Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the
Piper PA-24 Comanche with two people on board was bound for Santa
Barbara Airport Sunday when the pilot told air traffic controllers
he had no fuel remaining and landed on the southbound side of U.S.
Highway 101, about one mile northeast of the airport.
California Highway Patrol Officer James Richards says three cars
were unable to avoid the plane and crashed into it. He says the
occupants of the plane and the cars were not injured.
Richards says traffic briefly backed up for miles while crews
shut down the freeway to remove the plane.
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