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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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<p>COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. &gt;&gt; BREAKING NEWS, THIS NOON, A DOCTOR AND A PILOT ARE BEING TREATED FOR INJURIES AFTER A SMALL PLANE ASSOCIATED WITH UNC HEALTH CRASH AT RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. I'M JEFF HOGAN &gt;&gt; AND I'M RENEE CHOU. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE IT BROKE SHORTLY AFTER 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU WITH CRUZ ON THE GROUND AT THE AIRPORT AND SKY 5 UP IN THE AIR. &gt;&gt; FIRST NOW HERE IS INDICATION OF A PROBLEM THAT WAS HAPPENING. TAKE A LISTEN. &gt;&gt; 0.1, 3, THE ONE HAD BIG 8.15, DO HAVE AN AIRCRAFT DOWN WITH DAMAGE. &gt;&gt; THAT'S ON THE RUNWAY. THERE NEAR A TERMINAL ONE WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER IS TALKING WITH PASSENGERS ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON THEIR TRAVELS. BUT WE BEGIN WITH MONICA CASEY WITH WHAT SHE'S LEARNED ABOUT THE CRASH. MONICA. WE HAVE MOVED HERE TO THE TOP OF THE PREMIER PARKING GARAGE AT RDU. POLICE TOLD US THEY WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN THE AREA WHERE WE WERE BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. &gt;&gt; NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW CLOSE ALL OF THIS IS TO TERMINAL ONE. THAT'S OVER HERE ON THE LEFT. AND IF YOU COME ACROSS, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CRASH HAPPENED. IT'S MUCH CLOSER TO TERMINAL ONE AND TERMINAL 2. YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANTS OF THE PLANE OVER THERE. WE ARE STILL SEEING A POLICE PRESENCE ON THE RUNWAY, BUT FEW FAR FEWER FIRE TRUCKS AND EMS PERSONNEL. WE ALSO SPOKE WITH AN RDU EMPLOYEE ABOUT WHAT THIS MORNING WAS LIKE FOR HIM HERE. &gt;&gt; WE HAD A FLIGHT COMING IN AROUND 10, 15. IT WAS DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, COME TO FIND OUT, THEY'RE NOT LET ANYTHING AND OR OR OUT. AND THAT WAS THE REASON BECAUSE OF THAT THE PLAY INCIDENT AND YOU MENTIONED YOU WORKED HERE FOR SOME MONTHS. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER? &gt;&gt; NEVER. AND I WAS ASKING SOME PEOPLE THEY SING ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND THAT WASN'T ANYTHING &gt;&gt; NOW, ALREADY YOU CAN FIRMS THE RUNWAY OVER HERE BY TERMINAL 2 HAS REOPENED. WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF PLANES LAND AND TAKE OFF IN ABOUT THE LAST 10 MINUTES OVER AT THE RUNWAY NEAR TERMINAL ONE WHERE THE CRASH SCENE WAS. THAT IS STILL CLOSED RIGHT NOW FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE &gt;&gt; GOOD TO SEE THINGS ARE FINALLY TAKING OFF ONCE AGAIN AT RDU AIRPORT AFTER IT WAS VERY EERILY QUIET FOR THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. &gt;&gt; SOME OF THE DETAILS WITH THIS IN JUST THE LAST 30 45 MINUTES OR SO. WE RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM UNC HEALTH ABOUT THE CRASH AND IT READS, UNC HEALTH HAS LEARNED ONE OF ITS UNC AIR OPERATIONS, MEDICAL PLANES CRASH THIS MORNING AT RDU. THE PLANE WAS CARRYING ONE PHYSICIAN AND THE PILOT BOTH HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE'RE WORKING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION &gt;&gt; WR AS KEN SMITH WILL TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE WAY UNC HEALTH USES THESE PLANES COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. FIRST, WE WANT TO GET OUT TO MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER WITH A LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE STILL SEEING ON AIR TRAVEL AT RDU, THE SHELF. &gt;&gt; YEAH, I'VE BEEN MONITORING THESE AND CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS ALL MORNING LONG. OF COURSE, WE STARTED BEFORE 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING ON AIR SAYING THERE WERE 6 DELAYS. A LOOK. NOW THERE ARE 65 DELAYS. NO CANCELLATIONS AT RDU. THE AIR SPACE HAS OPENED. MONICA CASEY WAS JUST SAYING HOW THEY'RE SEEING PLANES TAKE OFF ON NEAR TERMINAL 2. BUT OF COURSE, THAT SECONDARY RUNWAY WHERE THAT PLANE WENT DOWN ON THAT IS STILL SHUT DOWN. SO WE STILL ARE SEEING 65 DELAYS AT RDU DELTA AIR LINES. AMERICAN AIRLINES SEEING THE BULK OF THOSE DELAYS. SO IF YOU DO HAVE A FLIGHT JUST BEST TO CHECK BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. THE AIRSPACE IS OPEN AGAIN. PLANES ARE FLYING, BUT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO GET BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE WE STILL ARE DEALING WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT PLANE STILL DOWN ON THAT SECONDARY RUNWAY. &gt;&gt; AND THIS ALL HAPPENED NEAR TERMINAL ONE CLOSER TO TERMINAL ONE, THEN TERMINAL 2. BUT OUR SEAN GALLAGHER IS INSIDE RDU TERMINAL, TOO. RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS AFFECTED BY THESE FLIGHT DELAYS. I KNOW YOU TALK TO SOME OF THEM SHOT. &gt;&gt; YEAH. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING THROUGH HERE. WE'RE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THOSE DELAYS AS THEY WERE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR. AND YOU CAN SEE EVEN THOUGH FLIGHTS ARE TAKING OFF THIS BOARD HERE BEHIND ME SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THESE DELAYS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FLASHING TIMES UP THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE ROUGHLY MY ROUGH MATH. IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF DELAY ON AVERAGE FOR A LOT OF THESE FLIGHTS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STORIES COMING THROUGH HERE. I SAW NC STATES TRACK AND FIELD TEAM HEADED TO PHILADELPHIA FOR THE PENN RELAYS A GIANT TRACK AND FIELD EVENT HELD IN PHILADELPHIA. THAT FLIGHT LIKELY DELAYED. AND THEN JUST A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONNECTING FLIGHTS THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT OF HERE. IT'S BEEN A BUSY AIRPORT IN HERE ABOUT 14 AND A HALF MILLION PASSENGERS COME THROUGH THIS AIRPORT ANNUALLY. SO IT IS A VERY, VERY BUSY AIRPORT. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM WRAL ANCHOR ASHLEY ROSE DAD FROM INSIDE THE TERMINAL. WE CAN'T GET IN THERE BECAUSE OF TSA RULES. BUT LOOK, A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING AROUND FOR NEWS ABOUT WHEN THEIR FLIGHT WILL TAKE OFF IF THEIR FLIGHT WILL TAKE OFF. AND NOW WE DO KNOW THERE WILL BE FLIGHTS COMING OUT OF HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO, THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE DELAYS. BUT WHEN I TOLD THEM THIS WAS THE RESULT OF A PLANE CRASH, THEIR MOOD CHANGED ENTIRELY. REALLY PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR THAT. &gt;&gt; SHE JUST TEXTED AND SAID THERE'S A PLANE CRASH ARE DUE AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, THAT'S HORRIBLE. AND THEN I WAS LIKE, I DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT AFFECTING MY PLATE. I WAS SCARED THAT PEOPLE LIKE CURTAIN IS A HUGE THING. BUT NOW I'M MORE SCARED ABOUT MY FOOT. &gt;&gt; MADELEINE, THERE WAS HEADED OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO GO TO A WEDDING IN PERU. SHE WAS EXPECTING THIS TO BE A VERY FUN DAY WITH HER FAMILY. BUT DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A MOMENT WHERE SHE SEES THEM PROBABLY GOING TO HUG THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE. NOW, THIS IS A VERY BUSY AIRPORT LIKE WE'VE BEEN SAYING. WE SAW THAT THE PREMIER PARKING LOT IS FULL. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY IMPACTED BY THIS CRASH HERE TODAY, GUYS. &gt;&gt; HOPEFULLY MADISON GOT SOME RELIEF BECAUSE NOT LONG AFTER THAT INTERVIEW IS ON THE GROUND STOP WAS LIFTED TO SEAN GALLAGHER, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THE GROUND THERE INSIDE RDU. &gt;&gt; AND A LOT OF FOLKS THINKING ABOUT THOSE 2 PEOPLE ON THE PLANE AND HOW THEY'RE DOING. WE DO KNOW THE PLANE THAT WENT DOWN THE LONG TO UNC HEALTH. IT WAS A MEDICAL SERVICES PLANE WRS CAN. SMITH IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PLAN AND THAT CREW. &gt;&gt; YEAH, DEFINITELY A THIS PLANE WAS A SINGLE-ENGINE STUCK ON A PLANE AND SEATS ABOUT 6 PEOPLE. NOW THE TAIL NUMBER IS REGISTERED. THE MEDICAL AIR INC, ACCORDING TO THE FAA. YOU KNOW THAT THAT COMPANY IS NOT PART OF UNC. ZARA PATIENTS. THAT'S A HEALTH TRANSPORT SERVICE THAT TAKES MEDICAL RESIDENTS. UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. NOW, THIS PLANE THAT CRASHED TODAY AT RDU NATIONAL IS ONE OF 6 IN THAT FLEET. AND ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, THEY TYPICALLY FLY 5 TO 7 FIGHTS EVERY DAY. USUALLY BETWEEN ONE TO 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND AVERAGE. STAY FOR ONE OF THESE AIRCRAFT COULD BE FLYING THE UNC CHAPEL HILL DENTAL SCHOOL, FACULTY TO A CONFERENCE IN ASHEVILLE, POSSIBLY BRINGING MEDICAL RESIDENTS TO WILMINGTON TO SEE PATIENTS AT A CLINIC. WE DO KNOW THIS PLANE TOOK OFF FROM ILM AIRPORT IN WILMINGTON THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 9.30, BEFORE CRASHING HERE AT RDU NATIONAL AROUND 10, 15, UNC HEALTH SAYS THE PILOT AND PHYSICIAN ON BOARD WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING. OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE NAMES AND THEY CONDITION AND HOW THEY'RE DOING. AS SOON AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION, BE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE AUDIENCE. DEFINITELY. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET OUT RDU OFFICIALS STEPPING UP TO THE MICROPHONE TO TALK ABOUT THIS CRASH AND THE AIRPORTS RESPONSE. ACTUALLY, WE'RE FIRST GOING TO THE AVIATION EXPERT AND ATTORNEY JIM KRAUSE, WHO WE TALKED WITH EARLIER HERE ON THIS NEWS CAST. AND, JIM, YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DEBRIS THERE ON THE AIRFIELD AND JUDGING FROM THAT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PLANE CRASH? &gt;&gt; WELL, THE FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY LOW ENERGY. A IMPACT IT WAS NOT JUST AN AIRCRAFT THAT CAME FORCEFULLY OUT OF THE SKY. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED DURING APPROACH OR ON TOUCHDOWN OR SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THERE'S A STRONG VERTICAL COMPONENT TO THE AIRCRAFT THE WRECKAGE, MEANING THE ENGINE IS THIS LODGE. BUT DISLODGED. OUR DID FORWARD THE WINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED VERTICALLY AS DOES THE TAIL SECTION. YOU DON'T SEE MUCH OF A HORIZONTAL A A THE CRASH OCCURRED ACROSS THE GROUND. IT OCCURED FAIRLY VERTICALLY EITHER. IT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY OR IT HIT THERE FAIRLY SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY. &gt;&gt; THOSE ALERTS THAT GO OUT WHENEVER THERE IS A PLANE IN COMING TO AN AIRPORT THAT HAS SOME KNOWN DAMAGE OR HAS SOME KNOWN PROBLEM. THOSE ALERTS GO OUT PRETTY WIDE AND WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. SO WHAT WE CAN JUST GUESS FROM NOW IS THAT THE INITIAL IMPACT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY REALIZE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM AT THAT NOT A LOT. YOU CAN DO RECOVER A PLANE LIKE THAT. &gt;&gt; THAT'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, CAR COMMUNICATIONS WILL TELL US IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY PRIOR OR DURING THE DESCENT. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS IS A END OF THE FLIGHT OF THAT MEETING VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND OR AFTER TOUCHDOWN, PERHAPS A BLOWN TIRE, PERHAPS AN ENGINE THAT MALFUNCTION THAT CREATED TORQUE THAT PULLED HIM OFF THE RUNWAY OF THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, MINIMAL DAMAGE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHATEVER EMERGENCY HAPPENED. THE PILOT DID A FAIRLY GOOD JOB RESPONDING TO IT. &gt;&gt; AND, JIM, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALLED IN EXECUTIVE TRANSPORT PLANE NOT CARRYING PASSENGERS, BUT IN THIS CASE, UNC HEALTH USING IT SAY MEDICAL SERVICES PLANE. &gt;&gt; TALK ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT FLYING THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, A WELL RESPECTED IN THE PILOT COMMUNITY RIGHT? &gt;&gt; YEAH, I KNOW OF IN INFORMATION OR ANGER TALKER. RUMOR THAT SAYS THIS IS A DANGEROUS AIRCRAFT. THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FLY A LITTLE BIT LESS FORGIVING THAN THIS AIRCRAFT. BUT IT'S A TURBAN POWERED. I BELIEVE A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT THAT IS FAIRLY EXPEDITIOUS AND GETS PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IN IN A GOOD WAY. SO I HAVE NO CRITICISM OF THIS AIRCRAFT. &gt;&gt; WITHOUT KNOWING THE PILOT OR THE DOCTOR THAT WAS ON BOARD KNOWING THEIR PHYSICAL CONDITION AGE, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU YOU SAID THIS. THIS WOULD BE UNDER TYPICAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND IMMINENTLY SURVIVABLE WRECK. &gt;&gt; FROM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE IT IS SURVIVABLE AGAIN. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES THAT WOULD BE BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND THE NATURE OF THE IMPACT ITSELF VERTICAL HORIZONTAL WICK BUT THIS SURVIVABLE AT THIS POINT. &gt;&gt; JIM KRAUSE AVIATION EXPERTS, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR INSIGHT AS WE AND INVESTIGATORS TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED HERE TO THIS? A SMALL PLANE, A UNC HEALTH MEDICAL PLANE RAN INTO TROUBLE AT RDU THERE ON THE AIRFIELD AND IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES, WE ARE AWAITING A LIVE NEWS CONFERENCE FROM RDU AIRPORT OFFICIALS. WE HAVE CREWS THERE. WE WILL BRING YOU THAT NEWS CONFERENCE IN WHICH WE WILL LEARN A LOT MORE INFORMATION HERE ON THIS NEWSCAST. WE'LL TAKE THAT LIVE AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS. ARE STILL TRYING TO GET YOU SOME OF THESE LIVE PICTURES ON THE LEFT THAT SKY WITH A LIVE PICTURE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN FROM THE TOP OF THE PREMIER PARKING DECK. &gt;&gt; ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN QUITE AN UNUSUAL SIGHT OUT AT RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS MORNING. &gt;&gt; AFFECTING DOZENS OF FLIGHTS. BUT GROUND MOVEMENT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND AIR TRAVEL HAS STARTED. WE'VE SEEN</p>

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