08-16-2019, 06:09 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/a...ash-nascar
An airplane carrying retired Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr and his wife and daughter was involved in a fiery crash at an airport in Tennessee on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The plane, a Cessna Citation registered to the racing team Earnhardt co-owns, overran the runway after landing at 3.40pm and caught fire at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport in eastern Tennessee, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Earnhardt, who has worked as a Nascar television analyst for NBC since retiring as a full-time driver in 2017, was traveling with his wife and 15-month-old daughter, two pilots and the family’s dog, Carter County sheriff Dexter Lunceford said. The airport is located 15 miles from Bristol Motor Speedway, where Earnhardt is part of the scheduled commentary team for Saturday night’s race.
Elizabethton fire chief Barry Carrier initially said Earnhardt and the other passengers were uninjured, but later clarified the two-time Daytona 500 champion was transported to Johnson City Medical Center for minor injuries, local affiliate WJHL-TV reported.
Wow, that does look like a nasty crash: there's not a whole lot left of the plane .
I'm relieved that Earnhardt and his family seem to have survived it without any serious injuries!
An airplane carrying retired Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr and his wife and daughter was involved in a fiery crash at an airport in Tennessee on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The plane, a Cessna Citation registered to the racing team Earnhardt co-owns, overran the runway after landing at 3.40pm and caught fire at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport in eastern Tennessee, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Earnhardt, who has worked as a Nascar television analyst for NBC since retiring as a full-time driver in 2017, was traveling with his wife and 15-month-old daughter, two pilots and the family’s dog, Carter County sheriff Dexter Lunceford said. The airport is located 15 miles from Bristol Motor Speedway, where Earnhardt is part of the scheduled commentary team for Saturday night’s race.
Elizabethton fire chief Barry Carrier initially said Earnhardt and the other passengers were uninjured, but later clarified the two-time Daytona 500 champion was transported to Johnson City Medical Center for minor injuries, local affiliate WJHL-TV reported.
Wow, that does look like a nasty crash: there's not a whole lot left of the plane .
I'm relieved that Earnhardt and his family seem to have survived it without any serious injuries!
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