FEDEX CARGO PLANE CRASHES IN FLORIDA
FEDEX CARGO PLANE CRASHES IN FLORIDA
A FedEx Boeing 727 cargo jet crashed and burned early Friday morning at Tallahassee Airport in Florida.
The plane's three-member crew was injured, but not seriously, officials said. The three-engine Flight 1478, bound from Memphis where the express giant is based, landed a half-mile short of the runway, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said.
It was not immediately known why the plane didn't reach the runway. The National Transportation Safety Board and FedEx's own safety team will investigate the crash, a FedEx spokesman said.
The plane was under the control of air-traffic controllers in Jacksonville at the time of the crash, because the Tallahassee control tower had not begun operations for the day.