FROM THE CBS2 BROADCAST
CENTER IN CHICAGO, THIS IS CBS2
NEWS AT 5 PM.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS,
EMERGENCY LANDING ON LAKESHORE
DRIVE, AND IN THIS VIDEO FROM
CHOPPER TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE
SMALL PLANE SITTING IN THE
SOUTHBOUND LANE, INCREDIBLY,
NOBODY WAS HURT.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
LISTEN TO THE FRIGHTENING
MOMENT THE PILOT REALIZED THERE
WAS A PROBLEM.
MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
WE HAVE ENGINE FAILURE.
ASTONISHINGLY CALM, WE ARE
NEAR LAKESHORE, AND 38th
STREET.
LAUREN?
Reporter: HELLO, IF YOU CAN
BELIEVE IT, THIS HAPPENED LESS
THAN TWO HOURS AGO, WE HAVE
ALMOST ALL THE LANES OF
LAKESHORE DRIVE OPEN, AND AS WE
MENTIONED, THIS PILOT STAYED
VERY CALM WHILE COMMUNIQUI WITH
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, HE CALLED
MAYDAY AND REPORTED ENGINE
FAILURE.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SUGGESTED
HE FLY TO O'HARE, BUT THE PILOT
SAID HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
MAKE THAT, THE BLUE AND YELLOW
PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING IN TRAFFIC ON LAKESHORE
DRIVE, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS
AROUND 3:15 AS WEEKEND RUSH
HOUR WAS STARTING TO PICK UP.
EMERGENCY CREWS PUSHED THE
PLANE OFFSHORE, TO START
OPENING UP LANES.
HE STARTED COMING IN, HE
FLEW UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE OVER
THERE, AND LANDED ON THE
LAKESHORE DRIVE SOUTHBOUND.
Reporter: BICYCLISTS TOOK
THIS VIDEO FROM THE 35th AVENUE
BRIDGE A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE
PLANE TOUCHED DOWN, YOU CAN SEE
THE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVING, TO
EVALUATE THE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE,
THEY WERE OKAY, BUT PATTY SAID,
SOME DRIVERS WERE STOPPING TO
WATCH, OTHERS WERE SIMPLY
NAVIGATED AROUND THE AIRCRAFT.
PEOPLE WERE MAKING U-TURNS
RIGHT UNDER THE BRIDGE HERE, AND
ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST COMPLETE
CHAOS HERE, ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Reporter: YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THE SCENE FROM CHOPPER TWO NOW,
IT IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
SOUTHBOUND LANE OF LAKESHORE
DRIVE, POLICE SAY THEY HAD
CLEARANCE FROM THE FAA, AND
THERE WILL BE NO CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
BACK OUT HERE AT THE GROUND
LEVEL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
OFFICIALS, THEY DO NOT HAVE AN
ESTIMATE OF WHEN THE PLANE WILL
BE REMOVED, AT THIS MOMENT THEY
ARE WAITING FOR A FLATBED TRUCK
, AND TO GET THAT PLANE OFF,
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO REMOVE THE
