Plane Crashes At John Wayne Airport, Injuring 2

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A teenage boy and a young woman were sent to the hospital after a small plane crashed into a runway at John Wayne Airport Sunday morning, authorities said.

The crash was reported around 10:40 a.m., when a single-engine Harmony LSA landed short on the northeast end of the runway and spun out, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

One person was extricated from the plane by firefighters while another managed to escape on their own, the Orange County Fire Authority reported.

The occupants of the plane — a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman — were hospitalized. Their condition was not immediately known.

It was not immediately clear who was flying the aircraft.

According to FlightAware, a third-party website that tracks flights, the plane appeared to be doing touch-and-gos at the airport. A touch-and-go is when a pilot lands the airplane on the runway and immediately takes off again.

The plane had reportedly made eight touch-and-gos and was about to land for a ninth time when the crash occurred, according to FlightAware data.

No further information was immediately available.