MACON, Ga. (AP) - Bibb County sheriff’s officials say a flight instructor and a student are hospitalized in critical condition after a crash at the Macon Downtown Airport.
Authorities say the 55-year-old flight instructor and his 49-year-old student were riding in a single engine plane when it crashed Tuesday afternoon.
Lt. Sean DeFoe says the two were doing drills when they were swept up in a sudden wind change about 100 feet above the ground.
Details on the extent of their injuries weren’t immediately available.
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