Fernando Araújo was riding his jet ski through the Rio Negro, part of the Amazon River in Brazil, when he witnessed a small plane lose altitude and "crash into the river," he tells PEOPLE.

The successful touchdown instantly shifted Autoland from futuristic promise to operational reality, raising questions about how far cockpit automation should go and how quickly regulators and operators will follow.

A small aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing just after noon Wednesday on the new portion of the King Expressway just south of the junction of highways 5 and 7 with no injuries reported, Garland County Sheriff Mike McCormick told The Sentinel-Record.

The video shows a Jet2 Boeing 737 passenger aircraft making an emergency landing after one engine showed signs of overheating during flight. Airport fire and rescue crews were positioned alongside the runway as a precaution while the aircraft landed safely and taxied clear.

First responders were reported near a plane on Highway 5 bypass near Fountain Lake, Hot Springs, with the condition of the plane and any passengers on board still unconfirmed.

A small plane made an emergency landing along the Highway-7 bypass extension near the AR-5 and AR-7 roundabout on Wednesday afternoon in Garland County.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Some Sky-West passengers are breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon after an emergency landing at South Bend International Airport this morning. That plane touched down just after 9:30 a.m., after the airplane circled ...

Passengers were evacuated from an Aer Lingus plane at Manchester Airport after it had to make an emergency landing. The airline said flight EI030 from Barbados to Manchester had a "technical issue" on Monday morning.

A small plane made history after it used the autoland system to touch down in a real emergency, marking its first-ever use. It happened in Colorado on Saturday when the private aircraft reportedly had a pressure issue.

Questions remain as the NTSB investigates the deadly plane crash that killed former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family

Missouri Highway Patrol Troop D posted on social media the pilot made an off-field landing on US 65 less than two miles north of I-44.