{"id":8666,"date":"2024-11-23T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T08:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=8666"},"modified":"2024-11-23T11:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T08:40:02","slug":"us-boston-bound-plane-crashed-it-struck-a-fence-and-erupted-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/us-boston-bound-plane-crashed-it-struck-a-fence-and-erupted-in-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Boston-bound plane crashed, it struck a fence and erupted in flames"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No major injuries were reported when a Boston-bound plane carrying more than 20 people struck a fence and erupted in flames while taking off at Houston Executive Airport on Tuesday morning, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All passengers and crew managed to leave the plane safely — two with minor injuries — before firefighters extinguished the flames engulfing the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 on a field outside the airport, local officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is a good day. This is actually a day of celebration for a lot of people,” Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Stephen Woodard told reporters at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One person reported back pain, Waller County Judge Trey Duhon reported via Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“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,” the judge said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Another person had respiratory issues, Woodard said. Both were taken to a hospital and later returned to the airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The MD-87 “rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field” just after 10 a.m. while attempting to depart, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The plane was headed to Boston for Major League Baseball’s American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox, Duhon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“It is my understanding this was a charter flight headed to Boston for the Astros playoff game,” Duhon wrote in a post on his Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The registered owner of the plane is James Alan Kent, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Flair Builders, a construction company founded by Kent, released a statement Tuesday saying the crash occurred with one of its affiliate companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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CNN has reached out to Kent and Flair Builders for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The plane travelled about 500 feet on the runaway before the crash, Woodard said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Justin Beckendorff, the Precinct 4 Commissioner for Waller County, was having a meeting near where the crash happened and saw a smoke cloud caused by the flames, Duhon said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Then road and bridge employees, along with Beckendorff, helped pull fire hoses across the pasture to get the fire under control, Duhon added.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Apparently, our road and bridge crew was just a few hundred yards from the spot where the plane crossed Morton Road, sheering off the tops of the trees along the road with its wings,” he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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First responders were seen at the site where the plane appeared to stop across a dirt path and caught fire, according to news footage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tim Gibson, director of the Waller Harris Emergency Services District 200, said all passengers had “self-extricated” and the teams assisted them from the field where the plane crashed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Woodward said there were 18 passengers, two pilots and an attendant on board. He earlier said there were 22 people on the plane.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The youngest passenger was 10 years old, according to the sergeant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be investigating, with the NTSB as the lead agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We will be working with the FAA and the NTSB to ensure that we are complying with all of their requirements,” Flair Builders said in its statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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