DULLES, Va. (NEWSnet/AP) — A small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a Virginia highway Friday after departing from Washington Dulles International Airport.

No injuries were reported, authorities said.

Police responded to a call just before 1 p.m. about a small aircraft making an emergency landing on Loudoun County Parkway, Virginia State Police said. The plane landed on the parkway’s westbound lanes, a couple miles away from the airport.

No vehicles were struck, and the only damage occurred to a guardrail on the edge of the road, police said.

The airport said it received reports of a departed aircraft, Southern Airways Express flight 246, that landed off airport property on a nearby road, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson James Johnson said. The airport remains open for takeoff and landing, Johnson said.

A Southern Airways Express plane was scheduled to depart Dulles for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at 12:45 p.m., according to FlightAware.

Seven people were aboard the single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan, according to Federal Aviation Administration. The airline confirmed that five were passengers, in addition to two crew members. FAA will investigate.

Virginia State Police identified the pilot as Ahmed Awais, 27, a Florida resident. Passengers included four adults and a 15-year-old boy, police said.

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