Pilot injured after plane flips over during landing at Fitchburg Municipal Airport

PHOTOS: One person was injured after a plane crash in central Massachusetts over the weekend. An airplane flipped onto its roof while attempting to land at Fitchburg Municipal Airport on Saturday morning, according to the Fitchburg Fire Department. The pilot was hospitalized for minor injuries. The fire department wrote that “a change in the headwind into a crosswind” is what caused the crash. The airport was closed on Saturday following the crash, according to the fire department.

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