Highway Landing

Authorities are investigating after a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the TransCanada Highway east of Thunder Bay.

The OPP say the late-model Piper landed on the highway yesterday after pilot Sebastien Gombardie became concerned about low fuel levels.

The 35 year old was flying from Montreal to British Columbia.Witness Brenda Fortier says the pilot brought the plane in for a smooth landing.

She says traffic did have to pull over to let him through and one car had to swerve.

But then he taxied into the parking lot of an old gas station.