Vintage plane flips at Reagan Airport, briefly closing main runway

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The main runway at Washington’s Reagan National Airport has reopened after a vintage aircraft flipped when it landed.

Film producer Pietro Serapiglia said the aircraft was part of a group of vintage biplanes flying in Tuesday morning to promote the opening of 3-D film ‘Legends of Flight.’ Serapiglia said the plane landed, but then flipped over.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority says no commercial planes were involved. The main runway was closed for about an hour and a half, but has reopened. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says flight inspectors will investigate.

-- Associated Press

Workers use a crane to lift a vintage plane that crashed while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on June 8, 2010. Credit: Associated Press