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  • "We made a turn and decided to put him on State Road 14 because that was the best choice."

  • A plane is forced to make an emergency landing on a Florida highway.

  • The pilot Curtis Boulware was flying with a customer who was set to buy the vintage

  • plane when it suddenly lost power as it approached Spruce Creek Airport.

  • "As we descended 5,000 feet, getting closer and closer to Spruce Creek, um, I made the

  • judgement, and I knew that we weren't going to make the runway. So instead of continuing

  • on to Spruce Creek and ending up in the woods or in trees, where we probably wouldn't make

  • it, we made a turn and decided to put it on State Road 14 because that was the best choice."

  • Despite the setback, shortly after the emergency landing the plane was able take off safely

  • from the highway and fly to the airport to undergo further inspection.

"We made a turn and decided to put him on State Road 14 because that was the best choice."

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