Two Pakistani diplomats injured in Cessna plane crash
The injured diplomats are identified as Shujaat Rathore and Habib Paracha.
(Web Desk) - Two Pakistani diplomats were injured when their Cessna plane crashed in West Virginia.
The injured diplomats are identified as Shujaat Rathore and Habib Paracha, according to Dunya News.
US media reported that three residents from McLean and Great Falls were hospitalized after their small plane crashed at a Tucker County airstrip in West Virginia.
The crash happened Friday in Canaan Valley near Davis at the Windwood Fly-In Resort, which has a 3,000-foot runway. The cause of the crash remains unknown, Associated Press reports.
Police said witnesses reported the single-engine Cessna touched down but ran out of room. The pilot tried to pull back up, but the plane clipped the tops of trees.
Police identified the pilot as Waseem Haider, 46, of Great Falls. The passengers were Shujjat Rathore, 48, of McLean; and Muhammad Paracha, 46, of Great Falls.
