Posted Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007; 1:18 p.m.

Airplane Crashes, Blocks Freeway
All lanes of Interstate 5 shut down. No Injuries have been reported.

Traffic slows on the Interstate 5 due to crash.

By Laurie Busbie
The L.A. Pilot

A corporate jet carrying 16 people overshot the runway at Los Angeles International Airport this morning, crashing through a fence and stopping in the southbound lanes of the adjacent San Diego Freeway.

Although the freeway was crowded with morning traffic, the plane came to a stop without hitting any vehicles, said Anthony Jameson, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.

 “It’s a miracle nobody was hurt,” said Stephanie Jacobs of Yorba Linda, who was driving south on the freeway when the plane crossed in front of her.

Police said the incident happened at about 9:25 a.m. Incoming and outgoing flights were immediately halted as emergency crews responded to the scene. All lanes of the 5 Freeway also were closed.

It was unclear who owned the jet, which was identified by Jameson as a Gulfstream IV aircraft.

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board were headed to the scene.

In 2000, another Southwest plane overran the end of the runway at Burbank Airport, hitting a passing car and stopping short of a gas station.