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Watch the incredible moment a single propeller plane landed on a highway in New York

Thomas Lupski was driving in Long Island when he spotted the light aircraft in front of him.

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Driver catches the moment a plane lands in front of him on a New York highway.

A startled driver caught the moment a plane landed on a highway in front of his moving car.

The pilot made a miraculous landing, using the dual carriageway as a makeshift runway and safely bringing the plane to a halt on the hard shoulder.

Lupski posted the video to his YouTube channel and Facebook page, where it quickly racked up nearly 60,000 views in a matter of hours.

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The plane safely pulled over to the hard shoulder (Thomas Lupski/YouTube)

American news reports said the aircraft had made an emergency landing but were unable to confirm how many people were on board at the time.