A single-engine Cessna 182 with two people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from Bridgeport Municipal Airport Wednesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration confirms.[[402701326,R]]
Lynn Lunsford, with the FAA, told NBC 5 that preliminary reports are that the pilot had engine trouble.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Lonny Haschel said the plane lost power shortly after takeoff and crashed into a line of trees at about 11:15 a.m.
The treeline runs parallel to U.S. Highway 380/Texas 114 north of the airport.
Both occupants were seriously injured and were hospitalized; one occupant, a man, was taken by ground to Wise Regional Hospital, while a second occupant, a female, was airlifted to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.
Their current conditions are not known.
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