21 passengers escape plane safely after crash in Texas, officials say – National
Nobody was critically damage when an airplane bound for Boston ran off a runway and burned Tuesday morning close to Houston, authorities mentioned.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was carrying 21 individuals when it rolled by way of a fence and caught hearth whereas making an attempt to take off from the Houston Government Airport in Brookshire, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned.
Everybody made it off the aircraft safely and the one reported harm was a passenger with again ache, Waller County Choose Trey Duhon mentioned on Fb.
Firefighters had been working at noon Tuesday to extinguish the blaze. The FAA and Nationwide Transportation Security Board will examine.
The Texas Division of Public Security mentioned the aircraft was headed to Boston. The plane is registered to a Houston-area funding agency.
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