A plane with more than 20 passengers crashed and caught fire in Houston.
All the passengers survived
(CNN) -
A Boston-bound plane carrying more than 20 people crashed into a fence and burst into flames as it took off at Houston Executive Airport on Tuesday morning.
No serious injuries were reported, authorities said.
All passengers and crew managed to safely leave the plane, two with minor injuries, before firefighters extinguished the flames engulfing the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 in a field outside the airport, local authorities said.
"This is a good day. It's actually a day of celebration for a lot of people," Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Stephen Woodard told reporters at the scene.
One person reported back pain, Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said via Facebook.
A plane crashed into the house of their neighbors and they did not hesitate to run to rescue them
"The information we have at this time indicates that the plane did not reach altitude at the end of the runway and crossed Morton Road, stopping in the field just north of the airport, where it caught fire," the judge said.
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Another person reported breathing problems, Woodard said.
Both were transferred to a hospital, but later returned to the airport.
The MD-87 "rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field" just after 10 AM while trying to depart, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
The plane traveled about 152 meters before the crash, Woodard said.
In addition, he detailed that there were 18 passengers, two pilots and an assistant on board.
He had previously said that there were 22 people on the plane.
The youngest passenger was 10 years old, according to Sgt.
The fire has already extinguished, Woodard said.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be investigating, with the NTSB as lead agency.
In the images of the news, rescuers are seen in the area of the accident.
Tim Gibson, director of Waller Harris' 200 Emergency Services District, said all the passengers had managed to "get out by themselves" and crews assisted them from the field where the plane crashed.
CNN's Gregory Wallace and Jennifer Henderson contributed.
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