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Plane catches fire after belly landing at an Arizona airport

Published December 1, 2021 5:08 PM

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane caught fire after having to make a wheels-up belly landing at Lake Havasu Municipal Airport. Responding city fire crews say the emergency landing punctured the plane’ right-side fuel tank, but the fire was extinguished quickly. Authorities say the pilot was the only person aboard the plane and was not injured. Today’s News-Herald reported that the plane took off from Houston Executive Airport earlier Wednesday. Authorities say the cause of the crash is under investigation.

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