A small plane turned a major road in New Smyrna Beach into an airstrip early Saturday, July 19, as the craft was forced to make an emergency landing on State Road 44, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred around 9:29 a.m. near Taganana Drive just west of State Road 415, according to the Sheriff's Office.

A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta made an emergency return to LAX on July 18 after an engine fire forced the pilots to declare an emergency shortly after takeoff. Flight 446 had just departed Los Angeles International Airport when the crew detected signs of a fire in the left