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4 Hospitalized but Safe After Small Plane Crashes in Neighborhood, Officials Say
PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, JUL 13 – Pilot and three passengers escaped with minor injuries after a 1976 Cessna T337G crashed about one mile short of North Perry Airport, amid calls for improved local air safety after 36 crashes in five years.
- A small Cessna T337G plane crashed into a Pembroke Pines neighborhood near North Perry Airport on Sunday evening, injuring four people.
- The plane, which originated from Turks and Caicos, crashed about a mile short of the runway for unknown reasons amid over 35 local crashes in five years.
- Neighbors heard the crash sound and saw smoke rising, with some helping to extinguish a fire before emergency responders arrived.
- All four occupants, including one pilot and three passengers, were hospitalized with minor injuries; one trauma level 1 and three trauma level 2 patients were treated.
- Mayor Angelo Castillo called on the Broward County Commission to investigate airport safety urgently, stating, "The time has run out on our patience.
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