WEST TISBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - A single-engine plane with two people on board crashed while landing at Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Saturday afternoon, the FAA said in statement.
The Piper-46 crashed around 3:15 p.m. after the 80-year-old man who was flying suffered a medical emergency upon approach, prompting the 68-year-old woman passenger to take over the controls and land the plane on its belly with no landing gear.
The woman suffered minor injuries and the man was extricated from the plane and med-flighted to Boston for additional treatment.
No additional information was immediately available.
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