UPDATE  –  7/27/22  –  5PM:  [COMM FD MEDIA STATEMENT] The C-O-MM Fire Department today, responded to a report of an airplane off the runway at Cape Cod Airfield in Marstons Mills.  When fire personnel arrived on scene, they found a small, single engine airplane in the trees and underbrush between the Airfield and Race Lane, near the end of Runway 23. All airplane occupants (2 adults) self-extricated and were walking a the scene. Both were evaluated for injuries and declined transport to a medical facility.

Damage to the aircraft appeared minor and no environmental hazards were present. The incident is under investigation by aeronautical officials.

UPDATE  –  7/27/22  –  4PM: Turns out the crash happened during landing, not during takeoff as initially believed by the first police officers on scene…
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INITIAL HN REPORT:

MARSTONS MILLS – At about 2:15 p.m. today, police and firefighters sped toward the Cape Cod Airfield for a report of a plane crash into the woods at the end of one of the runways. HN spoke with a police official on scene and confirmed that there were two people onboard and that they escaped without injury.

The unofficial word from the ground is that the crash is believed to have been caused by a change in wind direction during takeoff… [DEVELOPING]

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