Teenage pilot makes emergency landing near two-lane highway in California

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"We're coming through the pass and I hear a boom and then I lose all my engine power," pilot Brock Peters, 18, told CNN affiliate KCBS/KCAL in an interview.Peters was flying his grandmother and two cousins from Apple Valley Airport to Riverside Airport, according to KCBS/KCAL, when his engine failed and, due to the terrain, he was unable to notify a nearby airport tower."I'm like, 'I've got to tune her out, focus on what I need to do and get this plane down safely and make sure everybody is OK.'"Brock Peters, 18, has had his pilots license for four months.KCBS/KCAL/Inland NewsHe brought the plane down safely and no one was injured.Peters, who obtained his pilots license four months ago, told KCBS/KCAL that he plans to be back in the cockpit next week."

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