PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say ten passengers and crew escaped from a small jet aircraft that crashed and caught fire while landing at an airport in Pasco, Washington. A Pasco Fire Department spokesperson told The Tri-City Herald that the plane’s landing gear failed, causing it to skid down the runway and sparking a fire. Officials said all the passengers exited the plane and firefighters quickly extinguished the flames. The jet was carrying surgical technicians and a registered nurse for the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, and had departed from Chehalis. The company performs surgeries for cataracts, glaucoma, corneal transplants and laser vision corrections.
Eye surgery team’s jet crashes at Pasco airport; no injuries
