Thursday, April 09, 2015

Incident occurred April 09, 2015 at Jack Brooks Regional Airport (KBPT), Jefferson County, Texas

JEFFERSON COUNTY -  Scary moments Thursday afternoon at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Jefferson County.

Airport manager Alex Rupp confirms to 12News that a private aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing there.

Rupp says the Aerostar twin-turbo engine plane had to land without a working left-side turbo.

The airport rescue firefighters responded to the scene. 


Rupp said two people were on board. 

Neither was injured.  


The plane was taken to a hangar immediately after the emergency landing.

Original article can be found here: http://www.12newsnow.com

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