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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Interstate 49 is cleared and back open after a small airplane made an emergency landing late Friday afternoon in North Shreveport.
The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office says the pilot made the emergency landing on the southbound side of the interstate after the Cessna 150 aircraft ran out of fuel.
It happened just before 5 p.m. near mile marker 214 near North Market Street. The sheriff’s office says two people were on board and no one was injured.
Deputies helped refuel the aircraft so that it could take off again and the interstate was cleared by around 6:40 p.m.
Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputies helped refuel a Cessna 150 Friday afternoon after it landed on I-49 near North Market. (Photo: Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office) 
Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputies helped refuel a Cessna 150 Friday afternoon after it landed on I-49 near North Market. (Photo: Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office) 
Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputies helped refuel a Cessna 150 Friday afternoon after it landed on I-49 near North Market. (Photo: Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office) 
A small plane landed in Interstate 49 in North Shreveport near I-220 late Friday afternoon. (Photo: KTAL/KMSS Staff) 
A small plane landed in Interstate 49 in North Shreveport near I-220 late Friday afternoon. (Photo: KTAL/KMSS Staff) 
A small plane landed in Interstate 49 in North Shreveport near I-220 late Friday afternoon. (Photo: KTAL/KMSS Staff)
