An aircraft crashed while landing at an airport in North Carolina on Thursday, with videos from the scene showing a large fireball at the impact site.The incident occurred at Statesville Regional Airport.“We can confirm there has been an aircraft incident. At approximately 10:15 am, an aircraft crashed while landing. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is en route and will investigate the incident,” the airport said in a post on its Facebook page.
Statesville Airport post
It added that more details would be shared as they become available.The plane involved was a Cessna C550 business jet that crashed while landing at the airport, the Associated Press quoted the FAA as saying. It was not immediately known exactly how many people were aboard the plane, but the local sheriff confirmed there were fatalities.“I can confirm there were fatalities,” Iredell County Sheriff Grant Campbell told AP, though he declined to say how many.Videos carried by local media showed first responders rushing onto the runway as flames burned amid scattered aircraft wreckage.According to its website, Statesville Regional Airport provides corporate aviation facilities for Fortune 500 companies and several NASCAR teams.Statesville is located about 45 miles (72 km) north of Charlotte, North Carolina’s most populous city.
