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A UNC Health physician and pilot were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a small plane crashed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).



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FIGHT TO HAVE HIM WALK ACROSS THE STAGE. NEW TONIGHT. THIS IS WHERE THE PLANE THAT CRASHED AT RDU INTERNATIONAL RESTING. NOW BEHIND A FENCE OFF THE RUNWAY. UNC HEALTH SAYS IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO IT'S GOING TO BE MOVED TO DELAWARE FOR AN INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS SAID I'M LENA TILLETT THE CRASH MEDICAL SERVICES PLANE FROM UNC WAS REMOVED AFTER SPENDING 9 HOURS NEAR ONE OF THE AIRPORT'S MAIN RUNWAYS. >> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS STORY SINCE THE NEWS BROKE TONIGHT. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES JOINING US LIVE NOW FROM RDU. CARLY, WHAT'S IT LIKE THERE NOW? >> WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME PEOPLE ROLLING IN FROM SOME OF THESE DELAYED CAN SEE PEOPLE COMING IN EVEN AT THIS HOUR, I WAS ACTUALLY DESCENDING INTO RDU THIS MORNING WHEN MY PLANE DIVERTED. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT INITIAL INCIDENT. BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE. IT'S THE QUESTION INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO HOW DID THIS UNC MEDICAL PLANE CRASH ON AN ALREADY NEW RUNWAY WEDNESDAY MORNING. >> IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY LOW IMPACT. JIM KRAUSE IS AN AVIATION EXPERT. WE ANALYZE THE DAMAGE WHEN IT FIRST HIT THE GROUND. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED. >> DURING APPROACH OR ON TOUCHDOWN OR SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. >> THE NTSB STILL HAS TO DO ITS INVESTIGATION. BUT WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE THE PLANE MAY HAVE CRASHED AFTER A MISSED APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. 2 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE AT THAT TIME IDENTIFIED AS UNC, INTERNAL MEDICINE. DOCTOR PAUL TOMINSKY AND PILOT ARTS JOHNSON BOTH WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES AND ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE THIS SCARY MOMENT ON THE GROUND LED TO CHAOS IN THE SKIES OVER TIME FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER HERE. APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. >> I THINK THERE THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE AIR FOR AN EXTRA 45 MINUTES AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT REROUTED. SO KIND OF YOU KNOW WHAT MY PLANS FOR SUNDAY, JENNIFER KOSKI WAS DIVERTED TO RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER ALREADY YOU TEMPORARILY HALTED ALL FLIGHTS FROM COMING OR LEAVING EACH DIVERSION AND DELAY CAUSING A RIPPLE EFFECT ACROSS THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE. >> I THINK SINCE WE GOT HERE SERIOUSLY, THIS IS 6 GAMES IN THE LAST 2 TO 3 HOURS. WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FAMILY WERE KICKED IN AND OUT. SO WITH GREAT VALOR, STILL HEADING TO NEW YORK TO VISIT OUR GRANDDAUGHTER. >> DOCTOR TELL MINSKY IS NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. HE'S CURRENTLY RECOVERING AT HOME. WE'VE ASKED HIM IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE ANY OF HIS EXPERIENCES, BUT UNDERSTANDABLY IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY. WELL, JOHNSON IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. CURRENTLY HANDS. WRAL NEWS LIVE AT RDU. >> AND I'M BRIAN SHRADER IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER THOSE RIPPLES THAT SCARLETT MENTIONED TO THE SCHEDULE CONTINUE THIS EVENING. JUST CHECK WITH RDU. THEY STILL HAVE 7 FLIGHTS THAT ARE DELAYED. THAT IS WAY DOWN FROM THE DOZENS OF FLIGHTS THAT WERE DELAYED EARLIER TODAY ABOUT 8.45. WE GOT WORD FROM THE AIRPORT THAT THEY HAD REOPENED THAT RUNWAY. SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP THINGS GET BACK TO NORMAL. WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THE FIGHT HERE ON THIS MAP. IT INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FLIGHTS. ARE YOU? WE DID LEARN THAT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT TODAY. 23 FLIGHTS WERE DIVERTED. 23 FLIGHTS INBOUND TO RALEIGH. SO THINGS ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AT RDU. NOW, ASHLEY WAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE THAT OPERATES THROUGH UNC. YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO LEARN YOUR BRAND IS CALLED UNC IS AIR OPERATIONS. IT TAKES MEDICAL RESIDENTS, UNIVERSITY, FACULTY AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. >> THIS PLANE THAT CRASHED TODAY AT RDU IS ONE OF A FLEET OF 6 AN AVERAGE DAY FOR ONE OF THESE PLANES COULD BE FLYING A UNC CHAPEL HILL DENTAL SCHOOL, FACULTY MEMBER CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE ARE BRINGING MEDICAL RESIDENTS TO WILMINGTON TO SEE PATIENTS AT A CLINIC. WRAL FLEW WITH THE TEAM IN 1999. TO TREAT PATIENTS IN A RUTHERFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE NO MAJOR MEDICAL CENTERS AT THE TIME. A DOCTOR WITH THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT SAID THE SERVICE PREVENTS PATIENTS FROM HAVING TO MAKE THE LONG TRIP TO CHAPEL HILL. ACCORDING TO UNC IS AIR OPERATIONS WEBSITE. THEY TYPICALLY FLY 5 TO 7 FLIGHTS EVERY DAY. GUYS. ASHLEY, THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS DEVELOPING STORY ON AIR AND ONLINE. BE SURE TO WATCH

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