UPDATE: Business jet veers off runway after landing in Washington, FAA says

UPDATE: Business jet veers off runway after landing in Washington, FAA says

Officials say it happened around 4:53 p.m. Sunday

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WITN) – A business jet veered off of a runway and caught fire during a landing in Washington Sunday morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration says that it happened 5:40 p.m. and that there were two people on the Cessna Citation business jet.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate with the NTSB in charge of the investigation.

The NTSB in an response to an email from WITN said there is no info to report at this time.

Beaufort County Public Information Officer Brandon Tester told WITN that the pilot was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Washington Fire Rescue and police responded to the scene of the crash.

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