The tail of the yellow private plane is seen beyond the hedge at right as first responders talk after extricating two victims from a crash in the water near Cranland Airport Friday afternoon. / Photo by: Stephanie Spyropoulos
First responders, including members of the Plymouth County Rescue dive team, removed two people from a plane that had crashed into water near a runway at Cranland Airport on Monponsett Street in Hanson Friday, Aug. 24.
Aerial coverage from Boston news helicopters showed the plane resting in a marshy area at the edge of a pond, with damage evidence of damage to the nose and cockpit area.
At approximately 4 p.m., Friday, Hanson Police and Fire responded to the reported plane crash in the water near Cranland. State Police as well as Whitman, Hanover, Duxbury and Plymouth fire departments also responded to the scene.
Medflight dispatched two medical helicopters to the scene. No information was immediately available on the two victims.
The FAA will be investigating the crash, officials say.
Hanson Police Officer Kevin McCarthy, left, talks with a State Police officer at Cranland Airport Friday. /
Photo by: Stephanie Spyropoulos