Small plane goes down at New Jersey airport in ‘mass casualty’ emergency

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Small plane crashes in New Jersey in ‘mass casualty incident,’ authorities say

A small plane crashed Wednesday evening in a wooded area. (WTXF)

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A skydiving airplane crashed Wednesday after it went off the end of a runway at a New Jersey airport, officials said. 

A Cessna 208B was departing Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township at around 5:30 p.m. when the incident happened, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

The aircraft was carrying 15 people on board, the FAA said. 

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A plane crashed near a New Jersey airport Wednesday.  (WTXF)

Gloucester County Emergency Management said multiple agencies were assisting with the “mass casualty incident” at the airport. 

Five people who were injured were expected to be transported to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, Wendy Marano, a spokesperson for the hospital, told Fox Philadelphia. 

The airport serves mostly private passenger planes. Fox News Digital has reached out to the agency. 

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Gloucester County OEM was asking people to avoid the area.

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.