RAINELLE, WEST VIRGINIA (BNO NEWS) — Four people were seriously injured when their small plane crashed in a field at Rainelle Airport in West Virginia on Friday, federal officials said.

The Cessna 182 aircraft – which is capable of carrying four people – crashed at Rainelle Airport around noon local time. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Jim Peters, said the four people on board were seriously injured in the crash. “One is being airlifted from the scene,” he said.

Another FAA spokesperson, Arlene Salac, said the aircraft crashed “for unknown reasons” at the airport.

Federal records show the 1976-build aircraft is registered to Sky King Aviation, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware.

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