{"id":4355,"date":"2025-04-07T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/4355\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:44:12","slug":"heart-stopping-moment-plane-dodges-cars-lorries-as-pilot-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-on-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/4355\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart-stopping moment plane dodges cars &#038; lorries as pilot forced to make emergency landing on motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS is the heart-stopping moment a plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a Brazilian motorway after suffering engine failure.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists travelling behind the plane filmed as the aircraft dodged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cars<\/a> and lorries before touching down on the tarmac. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plane making emergency landing on highway.\" height=\"960\" width=\"615\" data-credit=\"X.com\/volcaholic1\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985212664.jpg\" data-caption=\"A plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a motorway in Brazil\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985212664.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>A plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a motorway in BrazilCredit: X.com\/volcaholic1<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plane making an emergency landing on a motorway.\" height=\"950\" width=\"566\" data-credit=\"X.com\/volcaholic1\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985211886.jpg\" data-caption=\"The plane landed just in front of a large tanker\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985211886.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>The plane landed just in front of a large tankerCredit: X.com\/volcaholic1<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plane making an emergency landing on a motorway.\" height=\"948\" width=\"624\" data-credit=\"X.com\/volcaholic1\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985211884.jpg\" data-caption=\"Passengers in the vehicles behind were terrified\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985211884.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>Passengers in the vehicles behind were terrifiedCredit: X.com\/volcaholic1<\/p>\n<p>The shocking footage shows the out-of-control plane weaving underneath overhead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/power-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">power<\/a> lines while dodging traffic on the busy road.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment it looks as if the aircraft is going to land on a grass verge next to the road, but it is then seen coming back round to the road.<\/p>\n<p>The plane eventually comes down to land just in front of a large tanker, which is forced to slam on its brakes to avoid a collision. <\/p>\n<p>The aircraft then crosses lanes to find a safer position between traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The skilful pilot, Mateus Renan Calado, 29, somehow managed to land safely without anyone being killed or even injured.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists in the vehicle behind panicked as they feared it was going to smash into the lorry.<\/p>\n<p>In the nail-biting footage a female passenger can be overhead shouting: \u201cIt\u2019s going to come down on the top of the lorry, it\u2019s going to crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She can later be heard yelling:  \u201cMy God, how amazing! How lucky!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> confirmed that the two people aboard the plane were both fine, and were not hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot Calado was joined by the plane&#8217;s owner, 71-year-old businessman Valdemiro Jose Minella.<\/p>\n<p>Horror as stunt plane crashes at airshow in front of crowd in Australia<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft left an aerodrome in Gauramirim in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina shortly before midday. <\/p>\n<p>Calado lost control of the single-engine Pelican 500 BR after it suffered engine failure above the BR-1010 in nearby Garuva. <\/p>\n<p>The plane was then forced to emergency land on the packed highway as emergency response vehicles raced to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>It was towed away around 5pm local time yesterday before the motorway was fully re-opened.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a> into the incident is now underway.<\/p>\n<p>The video of the landing quickly went viral on social media, with people rushing to the comments to commend the pilot&#8217;s skill.<\/p>\n<p>One social media user said: \u201cThat was some fancy flying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cBuy that guy a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/beer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beer<\/a>. That\u2019s some incredible piloting there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/33245368\/plane-crash-bus-sao-paulo-brazil-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two people were killed after a small plane crashed onto a busy road and collided with a bus in Sao Paulo in February<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A further six people including a motorcyclist and a woman on the bus were left injured after being hit by flying debris.<\/p>\n<p>Horrific footage captured of the incident showed the the plane travelling at lightening speed as it plunges towards the road.<\/p>\n<p>The jet smashed into the middle of a junction and erupts into an orange fireball before skidding down a busy street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plane making an emergency landing on a highway.\" height=\"960\" width=\"531\" data-credit=\"X.com\/volcaholic1\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985211835.jpg\" data-caption=\"No one was injured in the landing\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/flight-shock-heart-stopping-moment-985211835.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured in the landingCredit: X.com\/volcaholic1<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plane making emergency landing on motorway.\" height=\"637\" width=\"592\" data-credit=\"X.com\/volcaholic1\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/76179642-fd3f-48e3-b7e0-b007afc24c38.jpg\" data-caption=\"The plane suffered engine failure\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/76179642-fd3f-48e3-b7e0-b007afc24c38.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>The plane suffered engine failureCredit: X.com\/volcaholic1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIS is the heart-stopping moment a plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a Brazilian motorway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2106,12,1013,185,297,184,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-4355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-brazil","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-plane-crashes-and-air-disasters","11":"tag-planes-flights-and-airlines","12":"tag-road-laws","13":"tag-section-newsworld-news","14":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114296511724142614","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}