A SMALL plane has been involved in a fireball crash after reportedly smashing into a stationary aircraft.
Horror images of the Kalispell City Airport in Montana show a huge inferno on the runway with thick black plumes of smoke billowing in the sky.
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Two people have been treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to initial reports.
The aircraft is believed to have suffered a technical issue on the runway before colliding into a second small plane on the taxiway.
A loud explosion was heard as a fire quickly spread across the tarmac and onto a grassy part of the airport.
It is believed that at least four people were onboard the crashed aircraft at the time.
No one was on the stationary plane, reports 8KPAX.
The Kalispell Police Department, Flathead County Sheriff’s Office and local firefighters all rushed to the tarmac after the crash.
The first emergency call came in at 2:08pm.
Investigations are ongoing into what caused the accident.
The airport has been temporarily closed as emergency personnel continue to battle with the flames.
It comes two years after a deadly plane crash rocked another airport in Montana.
Paul Ehlen, the owner of Precision Lens in Bloomington, Minnesota, died in June 2023 shortly after taking off from Hamilton Airport.
He was flying a single-engine vintage World War II-era aircraft at the time.
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