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   Pilot lands on highway in Va.   
      
   (Agencies)   
      
   Updated: 2008-04-03 21:44   
      
      
   ABINGDON - A student pilot whose two-seat Cessna 150 ran out of gas while   
   he was floating through the skies made an emergency landing Wednesday on   
   an interstate highway in western Virginia.   
      
   Matthew Edward Scott, 27, of Blountsville, Tenn., was on his way back to   
   Abingdon's Virginia Highlands Airport from Knoxville on his first solo   
   flight when his engine sputtered and he had to quickly find a safe place   
   to land.   
      
   He picked Interstate 81, and brought it down safely with the flow of   
   traffic.   
      
   Like most drivers with an empty tank, he then pulled over to the side of   
   the road and called for help, in this case reaching Virginia State Police   
   First Sgt. Danny Glick.   
      
   The landing came within site of the airport, Glick said.   
      
   "He was afraid he wasn't going to be able to make it," Glick said.   
      
   Scott was uninjured and will not face charges, police said.   
      
   Airport staff brought fuel to the disabled plane, which sustained a dent   
   when one of the wings clipped a mile marker sign. The interstate's   
   southbound lanes were briefly closed, allowing the plane to taxi the rest   
   of the way to the airport.   
      
      
   http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-04/03/content_6590936.htm   
      
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