Pilot Arrested After Landing Plane on Interstate in Missouri

Pilot Arrested After Landing Plane on Interstate in Missouri
A police car in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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GRAIN VALLEY, Mo.—An intoxicated pilot was arrested after landing a small aircraft early Friday on Interstate 70 southeast of Kansas City, Missouri, after radioing that he had run out of fuel, authorities said.

The landing about 2:30 a.m. east of Grain Valley, roughly 20 miles southeast of Kansas City, closed westbound lanes of the highway for more than 2.5 hours, KCTV reported.