Door falls off airplane, forcing emergency landing in South Carolina

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 South Carolina flight had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Tuesday, after a door fell off the plane, WMBF-TV reported.  Wendy Hodges

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Wendy Hodges said she found the missing plane door in a yard next to her home, WMBF-TV reported. Wendy Hodges

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.

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