Credit: Photo courtesy of Trevor Allen

Credit: Photo courtesy of Trevor Allen
If you're stuck in traffic right now it might be because a damn plane just made an emergency landing on I-4. 

According to authorities, a small plane ran out of fuel while headed to the Orlando Executive Airport, and was forced to land on the on-ramp to WB I-4 from Maitland Blvd in Orlando at around 5:45 p.m. 

The FAA is currently investigating the incident. 

No injuries are being reported, and no lanes of I-4 have been closed. But expect plenty of rubberneckers to slow traffic down until the wreckage is cleared. 


This actually isn't the first time a plane interrupted Orlando's rush hour traffic. In November of 2017, a plane headed to the Orlando Executive Airport made a similar emergency landing, also during rush hour, on Exit 94, which coincidently is just down the road from today's crash. 

This is a developing story and we'll update this post when more information is available. 

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This article appears in May 16-23, 2019.

Colin Wolf has been working with weekly newspapers since 2007 and has been the Digital Editor for Creative Loafing Tampa since 2019. He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL's parent...