Experimental plane crashes in Greene County

4:48 PM, Oct 11, 2012   |    comments
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The crash of an experimental plane has left two people injured in Greene County.

Officials told WCYB-TV that the plane crashed on Chuckey Pike around 2 p.m. Thursday.   Robert Sayne, the Director of the Greene County Emergency Management, told the station that the plane had taken off and was coming back around to land in the fly-in community when something went wrong with the controls.  It crashed into a grassy area near the runway.

66-year-old Jack Cooper and 50-year-old Marcel Bravo were transported to Johnson City Medical Center. One had serious back injuries and the other person had scrapes and bruises.  Both are listed in stable condition.

The crash is under investigation.