NORWOOD, MASS. (WHDH) - A person was taken to a Boston hospital Thursday after they were hit in the head by a plane propeller at Norwood Memorial Airport, fire officials said.
Emergency crews responded to the airport Thursday night and were spotted on scene examining the plane involved in this incident after 9 p.m.
Officials said the injured person had been trying to kickstart the propeller on the small-single engine aircraft and said the person suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Emergency crews had cleared the scene as of around 10 p.m.
Several people later returned to the plane still sitting on the tarmac, appearing to take belongings from the inside before the plane was towed away.
According to FAA records, the plane, a Piper Cherokee is registered to an LLC out of Baldwin, New York. It had most recently taken off from Long Island, New York around 6:30 p.m., landing around 8:15 p.m. in Norwood about 30 minutes before the incident involving the propeller.
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