All 21 passengers survived a plane crash Tuesday morning outside Houston. The plane went down in a field in Waller County and burst into flames.
21 passengers survive a plane crash outside Houston, Texas
The plane went down in a Waller County field and burst into flames. Everyone on board, including three crew members, made it out alive and only one person had to be hospitalized with back injuries, according to KTRK .
KPRC identified the aircraft as a twin-engine McDonnell Douglas DC-9-87, with a capacity of 172 passengers. However, other reports said the plane was an MD-80, which hit a fence before catching fire.
The crash site in Brookshire, near Katy, is rural and no casualties were reported on the ground, although power outages were said to have occurred at numerous homes in the area, KPRC reported.
Video of the aftermath shows the plane completely destroyed, with the fuselage split in half and smoke rising into the air as firefighters worked to extinguish the remaining flames. Only the tail of the plane was left intact.
The plane crashed around 10:08 am near Houston Executive Airport near Morton and Cardiff roads, with the nearest runway only several hundred yards away, reports KPRC .
The plane crashed after it failed to gain altitude at the end of the runway, according to KPRC. It was unclear whether other factors might have played a role.
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were on their way to the crash site.
#Breaking update: 19 passengers and 3 crew members are okay. We are told one person has a minor injury. Fire is under control. The @FAANews says MD-80 rolled into a fence and caught fire in a field. Everyone on board was able to evacuate safely. #khou11 pic.twitter.com/o1h919Wlqn
— Cheryl Mercedes (@CMercedesKHOU) October 19, 2021
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