All 21 passengers aboard an airplane that crashed at an airport in Texas, USA, have survived despite the fact that the plane burst into flames.
According to reports, the plane was due to fly to Boston for a baseball game, however, it ran off the runway and burned.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 had been set to take off from Houston Executive Airport when it rolled through a fence and caught fire before bursting into flames.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the aircraft failed to gain altitude at the end of the runway before careening across a road.
The plane then stopped in a field, where it caught fire.
The best thing about this is that 18 of the passengers and the 3 crew members on the plane survived with just one person sustaining a minor injury.
Waller County Judge Trey Duhon released statement about the incident saying:
The Waller County Office of Emergency Management and WCSO are aware that there was a plane crash at Houston Executive Airport earlier this morning involving an MD-80 aircraft that was taking off from the Airport heading north. The information we have at this time indicates that the plane did not attain altitude at the end of the runway and went across Morton Road, coming to a rest in the field just north of the airport, where it caught on fire. Early reports indicate that all 19 passengers and crew safely exited the aircraft and there is a report of one injury with a passenger reporting back pain. At this time, numerous first responders are on scene and the plane is on fire and burning off jet fuel. That is the extent of information we have at this time.
Tim Gibson, Emergency Service District Director for Waller-Harris Emergency Service District 200, released a statement about the incident, saying:
Anytime you have plane that doesn’t make a landing on the runway like it’s supposed to, we’re always expecting the worst and hoping for the best and today, we absolutely, positively got the best outcome we could hope for.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Sergeant Stephen Woodard said that it was a good day because no one was seriously hurt.
He also mentioned that it is a day of celebration for a lot of people.
