Plane hits passing car after smashing through fence during emergency landing in Texas

November 14, 2023

A light aircraft collided with a car after overshooting the runway and smashing through a fence.

It happened during an emergency landing at an airport on the northern outskirts of Dallas, Texas, on Saturday.

Video shows it bouncing and skidding before ending up on the road.

A black car driving past narrowly avoided being hit, but the plane collided with the side of another vehicle.

McKinney Fire Department said both people were checked and the driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

"I saw the airplane coming down the runway quickly... I knew that he wasn't going to have time to stop. It was clearly going too fast, the tyres were smoking," said Jack Schneider, who filmed the incident.

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The aircraft had taken off from Midland, 330 miles west of Dallas, and was trying to land at Aero Country Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

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