Learn more

A pilot and flight student survived after their plane crashed in Asheville, North, Carolina, Thursday night. The crash occurred around 8:15 p.m. on the I-26 highway near the Asheville Regional Airport, according to WRAL-TV. Both escaped with non-life-threatening injuries, WLOS-TV reported. WRAL noted the pilot was speaking with air traffic control before the emergency landing on the road. Shortly after the landing, the plane burst into flames. Two passengers are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries after a small plane caught fire after a forced landing near Interstate 16 in Ashevill…

cuu