WANTAGE, N.J. — Two people have safely escaped a burning private airplane that caught fire minutes after landing at a small New Jersey airport.
State police say a pilot and a passenger were aboard the single-engine Cessna 210 that landed around 2:45 a.m. Sunday at Sussex Airport in Wantage. The fire broke out minutes later while the plane was on the runway and was soon extinguished .
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