A small plane from Fairfield County Airport’s flight school, S&S Aviation, made an emergency landing Thursday evening, according to Fairfield County officials.
The plane, built in 1968, experienced a mechanical failure around 6:45 p.m. and landed safely in the median of Interstate 77 at mile marker 36. There were two passengers aboard, Fairfield County spokesman Gene Stephens said, one of whom was a flight school flight attendant. instructor. No one was injured.
“The plane was fine, it landed very clean,” Stephens said.
Fairfield County first responders and the South Carolina Highway Patrol worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to remove the plane and return it to the airport. The agencies removed the wings from the plane to transport it via a trailer, Stephens said.
Stephens said the emergency landing did not cause any traffic delays.
Fairfield County will share more details as they become available.
