An airplane carrying 20 people crashed on Sunday, June 8 in the State of Tennessee of the United States, several of its passengers went by helicopter to hospitals, according to local authorities.
“According to the first reports, from 16 to 20 people were on board,” said a police patter dedicated to road safety in this state in southern the United States, saying that he helped the police in the scene of an plane accident. “
An airplane used for parachute practice
“Some (passengers) were evacuated by helicopter to nearby hospitals,” he added, added that the rescue intervention was still in progress.
On social networks, the photographs showed a small white plane damaged in the grass. One of the wings seems to have been started and the device’s tail seems broken.
The American aviation regulator, the FAA, confirmed this incident, specifying that the plane, a twin DHC-6 otter of Havilland Canada, shortly after leaving the Tullahoma Regional Airport, in Tennessee around 12:45 pm local time (5:45 pm GMT) on Sunday. “
“Twenty people were on board,” he said, announcing an investigation.
According to local media, this plane was used for the practice of parachutes.
Source: BFM TV
