29 December 2008

SAFETY: Plane accidentally starts moving with 6-year-old inside

PALESTINE, Texas — Federal investigators are looking into an accident involving a small plane at an eastern Texas airfield that injured a 6-year-old girl.

Palestine fire officials said the girl was alone in the Cessna 150 when her 81-year-old grandfather, Virgil Fielden of Fairfield, manually started the engine of the two-seat plane Sunday afternoon.
Fire Capt.

Kyle Betterton says the plane began rolling unexpectedly and crashed into nearby woods. He says it never left the grounds of Palestine Municipal Airport.

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