Two people were taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries after a biplane they were in crashed at Palm Springs International Airport Wednesday afternoon.
#Breaking Update PS Airport opens runways after Air Museum plane makes hard landing https://t.co/B3AXM2fs5S pic.twitter.com/opjy6UYRKa
— KESQ News Channel 3 (@KESQ) March 2, 2016
The airplane crashed during an “aborted takeoff” and was about 200 feet in the air when it lost power. The plane landed and skidded off runway.
The plane, a 1940s-era Stearman, crashed at about 1 p.m. and forced all runways to shut down, reports The Desert Sun. Airport officials used a flatbed truck to remove the biplane from the runway at about 2 p.m.
Single-engine plane crash in Palm Springs injures 2 https://t.co/XpBGCaxirJ via @mydesert
— Sherry Barkas (@TDSSherryBarkas) March 2, 2016
The plane is reportedly registered to the Palm Springs Air Museum, according to KESQ. A spokesman for the museum told The Desert Sun that no one was seriously injured in the crash.
