Plane makes emergency landing on Highway 20

Extended: Plane goes down on Hwy 20 A small plane made an emergency landing on Highway 20 East in Monteregie on Sunday.

A small private plane made an emergency landing on Highway 20 East, near the airport in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil in the Monteregie region.

According to a spokesperson at the Surete du Quebec, the plane went down around 11:20 a.m, and ended up at KM 107 of the 20.

Two people who were onboard the Cessna 150-E were not injured.

Traffic was blocked for several hours until the plane was towed away.

The SQ says the plane may have experienced a mechanical problem.