Airplane overshoots runway at Ellington Airport

Matthew Knox, Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.
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Jun. 6—ELLINGTON — The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department was called to Ellington Airport Saturday in response to an airplane that had an operational problem and overshot the runway, Assistant Chief Karl Neubecker said.

He said firefighters responded around 11:30 a.m. and found an airplane

operated by Connecticut Parachutists in a field beyond the runway.

Neubecker said the plane landed on the runway, but was unable to stop and continued into the field where it came to a rest against a tree.

The two people in the airplane were not injured, and the plane sustained minimal damage, Neubecker said.

— Matthew P. Knox

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