Pennsylvania State Police said the pilot and a passenger had departed Solberg, New Jersey, en route to Indiana when the pilot reported engine trouble over Pennsylvania.
"People were crying. There were people praying. Nobody really knew what was happening," Marc Viscardi said.
Terrifying video shows an United flight engine fire after a an extremely rare rabbit strike.
A single-engine Cessna C152 was heading to Palo Alto Airport but had to make an unexpected landing at a former military base in Alameda.
There were terrifying moments for passengers on board a flight out of LaGuardia Airport after a bird strike forced the pilot to redirect and land at JFK Airport.
"I turned on all of my lights, the cars started to separate, there were a couple of high-speed Porsche SUVs heading my way playing chicken and I was rocking my wings to try and get everyone's attention and I had to put it down. Stuck the landing."