A small plane crashed in the middle of a highway in southern Texas. Crews rushed Tuesday night to pull out people from the aircraft as flames burst from the plane. Police said six people were onboard and one was killed. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
A business jet reporting mechanical problems to a nearby airport crashed and caught fire on a Texas highway, killing one person and sending motorists racing from their cars to help rescue passengers from the burning wreckage.
The plane went down late Tuesday in Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican border after its crew radioed the local airport seeking to make an emergency landing. Police said six people were on board and one of them died in the crash. The jet barreled into a car, sending one motorist to a hospital in stable condition.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
The pilot radioing air traffic controllers "mentioned low fuel and a power outage," said Laredo International Airport Director Gilberto Sanchez.
"They had mechanical issues and they lost communication with the tower," Sanchez said Wednesday. "And that's when the accident happened."
Cellphone video from the chaotic scene showed motorists rushing to rescue those inside the jet. One swung a sledgehammer to try to smash open the cockpit glass. Others used makeshift levers to pry open the plane's door as the fuselage burned.