WATCH VIDEO: Plane Crashes Into 405 Freeway In Southern California

A small plane crashed on Southern California's 405 Freeway near John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana at approximately 9:35 a.m. Friday morning. The plane crashed into the highway's center divider without any reported fatalities.
The crash halted traffic in both directions. Video of the crash in progress shows the plane careening down from the sky, attempting to level out to land before a burst of flames erupted on the highway.
Insane video from @abc7 of #planecrash near #johnwayne #405 #socal pic.twitter.com/jQgqxZySAM
— Rob Hedrick (@RobTVLA) June 30, 2017
Just saw a plane just crash land on the 405 freeway right in front of me! Scariest thing I've ever seen! @KTLA pic.twitter.com/8x2OFjgli9
— Christian (@TubbyR) June 30, 2017
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A man and a woman survived the crash and were removed from the plane's wreckage and were hospitalized with "non-life-threatening injuries," according to a report by CBS Los Angeles. So far, no other information has been released about the victims.
UPDATE: Man and woman survived plane crash onto 405 Freeway, hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. https://t.co/kWTJTsTKTo pic.twitter.com/JMcX3ttRBv
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) June 30, 2017
John Wayne Airport, which is located in Orange County, confirmed that the plane was a Cessna 310 aircraft and that the airport was temporarily closed to arrivals. The airport was reopened about an hour later.
Cessna 310 aircraft landed on the 405 freeway short of the runway at 9:35 am. Airfield is closed to arrivals. Ck airlines for arrival info.
— John Wayne Airport (@JohnWayneAir) June 30, 2017
UPDATE: JWA arrival traffic has reopened.
— John Wayne Airport (@JohnWayneAir) June 30, 2017
Other photographs and video of the wreckage popped up all over Twitter by people stuck in traffic passing the plane. They show the plane in flames, emergency teams rushing to the scene, and the plane's passengers after they were evacuated.
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One user, "LUACE," wrote on Twitter: "looks like they got out okay... this is approximately 1 min after. Appears everyone evacuated."
#planecrash #orangecounty #johnwayneairport looks like they got out okay... this is approximately 1 min after. Appears everyone evacuated. pic.twitter.com/HqUu2sGr1O
— LUACE (@LuckyLuAce) June 30, 2017
Another photo of small #plane crash on 405 in #CostaMesa. (Credit: @dggrfan) @JohnWayneAir says it is a Cessna 310. @ABC7 #JWA pic.twitter.com/BJFnaLLNOn
— Greg Lee (@abc7greg) June 30, 2017
Other pictures on Twitter showed the traffic on the 405 forced to find creative ways to avoid the standstill.
Traffic snarled in Santa Ana area following plane crash on the 405 Freeway https://t.co/rhtb2l0uTF pic.twitter.com/bZ8fUGfLD9
— KTLA (@KTLA) June 30, 2017
Never a dull moment on the 405
— Blanca Magallanes (@BMagallanesV) June 30, 2017
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