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It was a close call for a pilot in North Jersey Sunday as she was forced to make an emergency landing and nearly slammed into a busy highway. The pilot radioed the control tower at LaGuardia airport

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It was a close call for a pilot in North Jersey Sunday as she was forced to make an emergency landing and nearly slammed into a busy highway. The pilot radioed the control tower at LaGuardia airport

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