{"id":299958,"date":"2025-07-29T01:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299958\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:44:15","slug":"seven-people-rushed-to-hospital-after-airplane-collides-with-car-near-florida-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299958\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven people rushed to hospital after airplane collides with CAR near Florida airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-463\/james-gordon.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=JamesGordonUS&amp;tw_p=followbutton\" class=\"twitter-follow-author\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  17:57 EDT, 28 July 2025   |  Updated:  19:47 EDT, 28 July 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Seven people were rushed to hospital on Monday afternoon after a small plane crashed down and collided with a car on a <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/florida\/index.html\" id=\"mol-c30c76f0-6bfc-11f0-9540-738e886f1651\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> road in\u00a0Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The plane struck the roof of the car while shortly after taking off from nearby Lantana Airport just after 4:30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to the flight&#8217;s path on Flight Aware, the aircraft had just taken off but only managed to reach an altitude of 100 feet before crashing back down one minute later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Two people were on board the plane and four children and one adult were inside the Honda Civic when the aircraft made impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">All seven were transported to local hospitals, with two victims classified as trauma alerts and the remaining five taken in for precautionary evaluation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-88ae5efb08679c8f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100714247-14948899-image-m-12_1753740094822.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Seven people were rushed to hospital on Monday after a small plane crashed down colliding with a car on a Florida road in Palm Beach County<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6d95c694aaa54b91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100714253-14948899-image-m-26_1753740216919.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The aircraft had extreme damage to the nose, while the vehicle had minor damage to the roof\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The aircraft had extreme damage to the nose, while the vehicle had minor damage to the roof<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b8940f22105d4306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100714251-14948899-image-a-23_1753740197104.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement, identifying the aircraft as an Orlican M8 Eagle\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement, identifying the aircraft as an Orlican M8 Eagle<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) was dispatched to a reported airplane incident at the 3800 block of Lake Osborne Drive near Cochran Drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officials said the plane&#8217;s front end was &#8216;completely demolished&#8217; in the crash, while the car sustained only minor damage &#8211; an outcome that stunned first responders given the potential for catastrophic injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Incredibly, there was no fire or fuel leak. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by authorities with the Palm Beach Sheriff&#8217;s Office leading the inquiry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement, identifying the aircraft as an Orlican M8 Eagle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1debd0224aa8e1bf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100714245-14948899-image-a-24_1753740200669.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, the plane crashed in the 3800 block of Lake Osborne Drive near Cochran Drive\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, the plane crashed in the 3800 block of Lake Osborne Drive near Cochran Drive<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4e17d1f9344d4899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100714249-14948899-image-a-25_1753740203503.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Two people on board the plane survived while five people driving in a car were also hurt\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Two people on board the plane survived while five people driving in a car were also hurt<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Seven people rushed to hospital after airplane collides with CAR near Florida airport<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 17:57 EDT, 28 July 2025 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 28 July 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,577,12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-299958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114933993641988125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}