Current:Home > ScamsPlane skids off runway, crashes into moving car during emergency landing in Texas: Watch -Thrive Capital Insights
Plane skids off runway, crashes into moving car during emergency landing in Texas: Watch
View
Date:2025-04-15 16:52:27
A small plane skidded off the runway and crashed into a moving car as it was making an emergency landing at an airport in Texas, injuring one person, authorities said.
Video footage from the incident, which happened on Sat. Nov. 11, shows the propeller plane smash through a fence as it made an emergency landing before bouncing and skidding onto the road, where it collided with a silver sedan that was driving perpendicular to the plane’s path.
The incident occurred at the Aero Country Airport in McKinney, a suburb approximately 35 miles north of Dallas,
Miraculously, driver sustained only minor injuries
Two people, a passenger and pilot, were onboard at the time of the accident, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, while one person was on ground in the car.
The McKinney Fire Department, in a statement, said that paramedics evaluated all 3 patients at the scene and transported the car's driver to the hospital with minor injuries.
The single-engine Lancair IV-P also lost a wheel in the accident.
The McKinney Fire Department said that the flight had originated in Midland, a Texas oilpatch city 330 miles (531 kilometers) west of Dallas.
San Antonio:Hazmat team responds to 'fume-like odor' and nauseous crew on flight
'He wasn't going to have time to stop'
Jack Schneider, a bystander who captured the crash on his phone, told WFAA-TV that he saw the airplane "coming down the runway quickly" and "knew that he wasn’t gonna have time to stop.”
“It was clearly going too fast, the tires were smoking," Schneider told the local media outlet.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, said the FAA, adding that the NTSB will be in charge of the investigation.
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter @saman_shafiq7.
MoreAirplane crew discovered missing window panes after takeoff, turned around
veryGood! (31515)
Related
- Taylor Swift Cancels Austria Concerts After Confirmation of Planned Terrorist Attack
- Back with the Chiefs, running back Kareem Hunt wants to prove he’s matured, still has something left
- Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock's cause of death revealed
- Inside Tia Mowry and Twin Sister Tamera Mowry's Forever Bond
- Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
- New survey finds nearly half of Asian Americans were victims of a hate act in 2023
- It's a new world for college football players: You want the NIL cash? Take the criticism.
- Alabama police officers on leave following the fatal shooting of a 68-year-old man
- Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie return for an 'Encore,' reminisce about 'The Simple Life'
- Pirates DFA Rowdy Tellez, four plate appearances away from $200,000 bonus
Ranking
- Illinois Gov. Pritzker calls for sheriff to resign after Sonya Massey shooting
- Kyle Richards’ Must-Have Tinted Moisturizer Is on Sale: Get 2 for the Price of 1 Now!
- Campeones Cup final live updates: Columbus Crew vs. Club América winner, how to stream
- Passenger killed when gunman hijacks city bus, leads police on chase through downtown Los Angeles
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Hailey Bieber Reacts to Sighting of Justin Bieber Doppelgänger
- West Virginia college plans to offer courses on a former university’s campus
- Sister Wives' Janelle Brown Details Bittersweet Memories of Late Son Garrison Brown
Recommendation
Louisiana high court temporarily removes Judge Eboni Johnson Rose from Baton Rouge bench amid probe
NFL Week 3 overreactions: Commanders are back, Vikings Super Bowl bound
Woman sentenced to 18 years for plotting with neo-Nazi leader to attack Baltimore’s power grid
Father of teenage suspect in North Carolina mass shooting pleads guilty to gun storage crime
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Ex-officer says he went along with ‘cover-up’ of fatal beating hoping Tyre Nichols would survive
Were people in on the Montreal Screwjob? What is said about the incident in 'Mr. McMahon'
Resentencing for Lee Malvo postponed in Maryland after Virginia says he can’t attend in person