2 airlifted to hospital from plane crash in Lee County
INFINITE CAMPUS. CARLY HAYNES,
WRAL NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH.
ALL NEW TONIGHT. A FLIGHT
INSTRUCTOR IS DESCRIBING
WITNESSING TODAY'S PLANE CRASH
AT THE RALLY EXECUTIVE JETPORT
TODAY. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE
STARK DIFFERENCE HERE IN THE
PLANE BEFORE AND THEN AFTER THE
CRASH. LOOK AT THAT. AND ALSO
TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING THAT 2
PEOPLE WHO WERE HURT HAVE
SERIOUS INJURIES. WRAL'S WILL
LEAD. AN LOUIS HAS LATE DETAILS
TONIGHT. WILLIE.
>> LENA, THIS PLANE CRASH
HAPPENED JUST BEYOND THESE
GATES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
THAT I SPOKE TO TODAY TELLS ME
THE PILOT OF THAT PLANE HAS
FLOWN IT FOR MANY YEARS.
HE SAYS THE LAST THINGS YOU
HEARD HIM SAY OVER THE RADIO
WAS WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
>> NEW TONIGHT WE SPOKE WITH
THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS
FLYING BEHIND THE SMALL PLANE
WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A FIELD AT
RALEIGH EXECUTIVE JETPORT TODAY
WHO'S CLIMBING UP LIKE?
LOOK LIKE MAYBE 3, 4, 100 FEET
AND KNEES.
>> SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM OR AN
EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. AND THEN WE JUST WATCHED
HIM. THANK. TOWARDS.
THE EAST.
>> THE PILOT OF THE PLANE,
TERRY GALLAGHER WAS AIRLIFTED
TO UNC IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
A MECHANIC SCOTT REILLY WAS
AIRLIFTED TO DUKE WITH SERIOUS
INJURIES ACCORDING TO HIGHWAY
PATROL GALLAGHER WAS CONDUCTING
A TOUCHING GO AT THE TIME OF
THE CRASH ON HIS WAY IN.
I THINK HE CAUGHT THE LEFT WING
TIP. SO WE WE SAW THE TIP.
>> YOU KNOW, SLIGHTLY DOWN.
WE SAW A BUNCH OF DIRT FLY UP
AND THEN WE ABORTED ARE LANDING
AND WENT AROUND TO SEE WELL, WE
COULD SEE.
>> AND SCOTT WAS FLYING OVER
THE CRASH. HE SAW NO FLAMES IN
THE WRECKAGE. HE SAID HAD THERE
BEEN FIRE, THINGS WOULD HAVE
BEEN EVEN WORSE. THIS CLAIM
IS ASSIGNED.
>> SO THINGS BREAK AWAY AND THE
THE FIELDS CONTAINING SO THAT'S
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THIS
PARTICULAR UPRIGHT, THEIR PLAY
AS TYPICAL IN MOST CRASHES
INVOLVING AIRCRAFT. THE FAA IS
CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION.
>> AS FOR THOSE 2 MEN AIRLIFTED
TO HOSPITALS, WE HAVE REACHED
OUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES AND