A private plane carrying as many as 21 people crashed in a field outside of Houston, Texas, with only one person sent to the hospital for injuries, officials said Tuesday.
The incident happened late Tuesday morning in the southeast corner of Waller County, located near the Houston Executive Airport, a public facility that typically caters to corporate passengers, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration told the Washington Examiner.
Videos and images show firefighters dousing the aircraft remains, which appeared to be small bits of the remaining fuselage along with the back tail engine of the plane. Black smoke was billowing from a field near the crash site according to images uploaded to social media
A preliminary incident analysis indicated the plane rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field while attempting to depart the airport just after 10 a.m. local time, according to the FAA. The agency added all passengers exited the aircraft safely.
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The Waller County Sheriff’s Office confirmed 21 people were on board — 19 passengers and 3 crew members — with one person sent to a medical facility for back injuries.
The plane was reportedly an MD-87 aircraft and is registered to J. Alan Kent, an executive of homebuilding company Flair Builders, according to an FAA records search. The flight was reportedly heading to Boston, KTRK News reported.
The aircraft knocked out an overhead power line during takeoff, causing outages for nearly 1,800 customers. Power has since been restored to most nearby residents, barring around a dozen still enduring an outage.
The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the full investigation into the incident.
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The Washington Examiner contacted the TDPS and the NTSB but did not immediately receive a response.
