A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to social media showed.

A single-engine plane was reportedly forced to make an emergency landing on a busy highway Saturday morning outside of San Diego — and miraculously, no one was hurt. The airplane touched down on southbound State Route 67 near the Winter Gardens Boulevard exit in Lakeside just after 10 a.

About four hours into the transatlantic flight, crews transmitted a squawk 7700 — an international signal for a general emergency