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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a non-public jet that went off the end of the runway and thru a fence after landing at Chicago Executive Airport on Wednesday.
The Gulfstream G150 departed Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with two individuals on board, based on an announcement from the FAA.
The plane was cleared to land about 12:30 p.m. on runway 34, which is about 5,000 toes lengthy with a grooved asphalt floor. Light rain had been falling within the Chicago space and the runway was reported “100% wet,” based on air site visitors management audio captured by web site LiveATC.internet.
The controller later radioed emergency crews they noticed the plane contact down close to a taxiway roughly midway down the runway.
After the plane landed, it continued by means of a particular floor designed to assist planes gradual in an emergency, previous the end of the runway, and thru the airport fence.
Shortly after the crash, the air site visitors controller could be heard asking the pilots, “Are you OK?” however he doesn’t obtain any response.
The controller advised different pilots the airport was closed and directed emergency responders to the plane.
“I just had an aircraft go off of the end of the runway,” the controller mentioned. “Proceed direct to the aircraft. They are non-responsive.”
Video from NCS affiliate WLS confirmed the plane with its wings caught within the airport fence, its nostril barely touching the facet of a four-lane street, and a path of particles behind it.
No accidents had been reported and the airport was closed whereas crews labored to take away the plane, the airport mentioned in an announcement to WLS.
NCS’s Kara Devlin contributed to this report.