Piper Cherokee lands in middle of rush hour traffic in Irvine, CA

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As evidence, witness the clip above, in which a Piper Cherokee casually lands at an intersection in Irvine, California like no biggie.

This wasn’t because the pilot had been playing too much GTA V, rather that the engine on the single-prop aircraft decided it’d had enough of being an engine and decided to shut down unexpectedly.

But the skilled pilot managed to thread the small plane own the highway, while rush-hour traffic was held at a red light. All to be caught by a commuter on dash-cam and then uploaded to YouTube for our viewing pleasure.

Is California the new Russia?

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