A Small Plane Reportedly Just Landed On Ontario's Highway 407 In Markham
People are posting videos and photos of the scene.
Reports that a plane has landed on King's Highway 407 are surfacing.
At 11:01 a.m. on October 27, Twitter user Lee Smithson posted a photo of a small plane on the highway and police cars behind it.
A minute later, City News tweeted confirming that a plane had landed on the highway near Woodbine Avenue.
In a follow-up news story, City News reported that York Regional Police (YRP) told them the plane landed between Warden and Woodbine Avenues at around 10:50 A.M. and that it had taken off from Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham. YRP also told the news outlet that they're asking motorists to avoid the affected part of the highway.
Another update from IHeartRadio's official traffic watch account, which tweets traffic updates every 15 minutes, also followed, reporting that three of the left lanes on the highway were blocked.
Twitter user @lindsaycanadian, who was driving on the 407 when the incident reportedly occurred, also posted a video clip of the scene.
Narcity reached out to York Regional Police but did not hear back before this article went to press.
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