One fatality, another rushed to hospital after Virgin Galactic crash
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A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday (October 31) at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other, officials said.
Stuart Witt, CEO of Mojave Air and Space Port, spoke during a press briefing and said, "At approximately 10:12am we became aware of an inflight anomaly and implemented our pre-planned response plan."
"We do know that one of the crew members was met by emergency responders, treated on the scene and transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. We also know that we had one fatality," Witt said.
The co-pilot of the spaceship was killed in the crash, while the pilot, who ejected, was injured, Kern County Sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt said. The pilot was found at the scene and taken to a local hospital, he said.
The crash of the vehicle, undergoing its first powered te
A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday (October 31) at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other, officials said.
Stuart Witt, CEO of Mojave Air and Space Port, spoke during a press briefing and said, "At approximately 10:12am we became aware of an inflight anomaly and implemented our pre-planned response plan."
"We do know that one of the crew members was met by emergency responders, treated on the scene and transported to Antelope Valley Hospital. We also know that we had one fatality," Witt said.
The co-pilot of the spaceship was killed in the crash, while the pilot, who ejected, was injured, Kern County Sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt said. The pilot was found at the scene and taken to a local hospital, he said.
The crash of the vehicle, undergoing its first powered te