A small plane made a dramatic emergency landing on a busy British road at rush hour — here's why pilots train to land on highways

• A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a highway in England on Friday evening.
• The pilot was forced to make the dramatic landing after a suspected engine failure.
• Police said no injuries were reported and no other vehicles were thought to be involved.

A small plane was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing in the middle of a busy British highway on Friday after it suffered a suspected engine failure.

The forced landing caused a mile-long traffic jam on the A40 Golden Valley Bypass, a stretch of highway in Gloucestershire, southwest England.