All 21 passengers and crew miraculously survive fiery plane crash in Texas

Despite a flaming wreckage, there have been no fatalities or major injuries reported from a plane crash in Houston, Texas.

As reported by CNN, a Boston-bound McDonnell Douglas MD-87 aircraft erupted in flames while attempting to take off at the Houston Executive Airport on Tuesday morning (October 19), after the plane collided with a fence.

Per the Federal Aviation Administration, there were reportedly 18 passengers and three crew onboard - with the youngest passenger being 10 years old.

"WCOEM & WCSO are responding to a plane crash at Houston Executive Airport involving an MD-80 aircraft that was taking off from the Airport heading north," Waller County Office of Emergency Managemen later tweeted.

The Independent reports that after everybody escaped, two people were treated at a nearby hospital for minor injuries.

Following the safe evacuation, firefighters extinguished the burning wreckage.

Additionally, the utility company CenterPoint Energy later told outlets that the crash left 1,800 of its customers without power - after the plane took out an overhead power line.

Reacting to the news that the crash resulted in zero casualties,  Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Stephen Woodard told reporters: "This is a good day. This is actually a day of celebration for a lot of people."

Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said in a Facebook post: "The information we have at this time indicates that the plane did not attain altitude at the end of the runway and went across Morton Road, coming to a rest in the field just north of the airport, where it caught on fire."

Per The Independent, the plane was owned by the corporate owner of Flair Builders, J Alan Kent.

Kent was reportedly onboard at the time of the crash, with his wife telling KHOU11 that those on board were heading to Boston to watch Game 4 of the ALCS - which saw the Red Sox take on the Houston Astros.

Following news of the crash, people have taken to social media to praise the plane's crew, with one person tweeting: "A plane crash like this with no fatalities usually means just one thing: HEROIC FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WHO DID THEIR JOB PERFECTLY."

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