HOUSTON, Nov. 5, 2005
Two Killed In Small Plane Crash
Jet Was Ordered To Quickly Leave Airstrip Because Of Incoming Airliner
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Police and airport officials look over the wreckage of a Cessna Citation 500 that crashed after take-off at Hobby airport in Houston, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005. Two people were killed in the accident. (AP)
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Both people on board the jet were killed.
A fire official says controllers told the pilot of the jet to take off quickly because a Southwest 737 with some sort of problem was approaching.
District chief Tommy Dowdy says the Cessna Citation 500 took off — but then it encountered a problem. Dowdy says the pilot asked if the jet could return.
He says it crashed on one of the runways, caught fire and slid across a grassy area to a parallel runway.
Officials don't know what was wrong with the jet.
Meanwhile, the Southwest Airlines plane was diverted to the city's other major airport. It landed safely.
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