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Plane makes emergency landing on Telfair County highway


{p}Initial reports from the scene show a twin-engine plane landed along Highway 280 before coming to a rest just off the roadway.{/p}

Initial reports from the scene show a twin-engine plane landed along Highway 280 before coming to a rest just off the roadway.

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TELFAIR COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - A plane has made an emergency landing on a highway in Telfair County.

Initial reports from the scene show a twin-engine plane landed along Highway 280 in Milan before coming to a rest just off the roadway. The Federal Aviation Administration confirms the plane is a Piper Pa-30. The pilot, Jimmy Ray, reported engine issues around 1:40 p.m. Ray was the only person on board.

According to Telfair County Sheriff Sim Davidson, Ray was flying from Fitzgerald to McRae-Helena. Ray was not hurt.

Sheriff Davidson says they have removed the plane from the highway.

The FAA says they will investigate the emergency landing.

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