A flight from the Lynchburg airport was short-lived after crashing on a North Carolina Highway, but officials said no one was injured despite the disaster.
According to FlightAware, the small single-piston plane left the Lynchburg Regional Airport just after 3 p.m. on Thursday.
The scheduled flight path would have sent the aircraft to Ocean Isle Beach, but the airplane literally fell short, instead crash-landing on a highway in Chatham County, North Carolina.The Moncure Fire Department, which responded to the incident, said they were having a busy day even before the crash.
"Plane vs. two SUVs," the fire department said in a Facebook post, although they did not specify on social media what happened.The photos shared by the fire department show the small white and blue plane sitting on the side of the highway. One of the propellers is shown snapped in half.
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