Plane overturns due to high winds at DuPage County Airport

WEST CHICAGO, Ill. — A plane has overturned Thursday at the DuPage County Airport due to high winds.

Skycam 9 was over the airport around 5 p.m. and saw a plane overturned near a runway. The Federal Aviation Administration says two people were on board when it overturned. It’s not clear if they were injured.

The plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, is registered to a leasing company in Wichita, Kansas.

Online flight records show the plane was scheduled to take off at 4:42 p.m. It’s not clear if the plane was attempting to take off when it overturned, however, it appears the plane was on a taxiway when it overturned.

The FAA said it was stopped at the airport when it flipped over due to high winds.

According to the National Weather Service, a 55 mph wind gust was reported around the time the plane overturned.

WGN News has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board to see if they are investigating the incident and is awaiting a response.

This is a developing story.

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