A South Carolina flight made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Tuesday — because a door fell off the small plane.
The single-engine aircraft, a Diamond DA40, declared an emergency after the door plummeted into the yard of a vacant home, minutes after it took off from Myrtle Beach International Airport at 2:53 p.m., WMBF-TV reported.
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A pilot and passenger were on board, but there were no injuries, the report said.
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The ill-fated plane — whose flight number matched one belonging to flight school LIFT Academy — was able to turn around and land back at the airport at 3:01 p.m.