United States: plane crashes in Texas with 21 people on board, all get by – franceinfo

All passengers and crew survived the crash, which left only one injured.

Posted on 10/19/2021 8:11 PM

Update on 10/19/2021 8:39 PM

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Miraculous. A plane carrying 21 people crashed on takeoff near Houston, Texas on Tuesday, October 19. But everyone managed to extricate themselves from the device before it caught fire, firefighters and local authorities reported. “Everyone on the plane, the 18 passengers and three crew members, survived”, said Sgt Stephen Woodard of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The accident happened shortly after 10 a.m. local time. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas twin-engine bound for Boston, collided with a fence and then caught fire in a field, according to a statement from the US aviation regulator (FAA) quoted by the American media.

✈️ A #airplane crashed with 21 people on board at #Houston, to #Texas. All the passengers survived pic.twitter.com/5VsB88ZRNA

– France TV Washington (@ F2Washington) October 19, 2021

The aircraft was all but destroyed by the fire, with only the tail of the aircraft remaining intact, as impressive footage from a local TV station shows. Only a slight injury is to be deplored, according to a local official.

The passengers, who were on their way to a baseball game, managed to extricate themselves from the aircraft and the firefighters finally managed to put out the blaze. “They were stunned, very stunned”, reported the director of local emergency services, noting that the accident had ended “in the best possible way”.

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