A rare incident has occurred in Brazil, with a small plane making an emergency landing among moving cars on a highway in the country.
The scenes were recorded by passengers of other vehicles, who were a few meters behind the "Pelican 500 BR" aircraft.
The single-engine plane had two passengers on board and fortunately none of them were injured during the landing.
The video highlights the delicate maneuvers of the pilot, who managed to land the plane without crashing or causing a traffic accident.
A light aircraft, identified as a single-engine Pelican 500 BR, made a dramatic emergency landing on the busy BR-101 highway in Garuva, Santa Catarina, Brazil, after experiencing engine failure shortly after takeoff from an airfield in nearby Guaramirim. pic.twitter.com/SaWVb1NyJL
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According to police, the plane that experienced engine problems was carrying 29-year-old pilot Mateus Renan Calado and its 71-year-old owner, Valdemiro Jose Minella.
The plane encountered problems in mid-air shortly after taking off from an airport in Brazil's southern Santa Catarina province shortly after noon on Sunday. (A2 Televizion)