Multiple people injured as small plane crashes in Tennessee

Multiple people were injured when a small plane carrying 20 people crashed in Tullahoma, Tennessee, authorities said.

No one died.

Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries that couldn’t be tended to at the scene, said Lyle Russell, a spokesperson for the city.

Two of them were taken by medical helicopter and four by ambulance, Russell said. After they arrived, doctors determined someone who had been taken by ground needed care at a different facility, so that person was then helicoptered to a new location.

Russell said the conditions of those people are unknown, and said he believes the injured were taken to Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville.

A spokesperson for Vanderbilt University Hospital said it had admitted three patients — one in critical condition and two stable. The spokesperson did not specify their injuries.

First responders treated other minor injuries at the scene, Russell added.

The plane, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashed around 12:45 p.m. just after it took off from the Tullahoma Regional Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating.

The plane went down on Old Shelbyville Road, according to the FAA.

Russell said it was a skydiving plane.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement that it is investigating.