Friday, May 18, 2012

Pennsylvania: Three aircraft crashes

Three aircraft crashed in central Pennsylvania within hours of each other on Friday afternoon.  Two of those were in Blair County, one in Huntingdon County.  All three appear to be unrelated.

Two of the crashes involved hang gliders, the other a small plane.

Helicopters searched for one down hang glider off Dry Run Road in Juniata Township in Blair County around 3:30 P.M.  The helicopters located the injured pilot and directed ground rescuers to him.

A hang glider in Huntingdon County had to make an emergency landing.  911 dispatchers say the glider was coming from Mifflin County and had to make the landing in a field in West Township off of Route 305.

The person operating the glider was not hurt.

Emergency dispatchers tell us a small aircraft had to make an emergency landing near old Route 220 Tipton.

The small plane made the landing at about 4:30 Friday afternoon

Emergency crews are on the scene and the roadways in that area closed.

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