JWA flights halted after small plane lands on its belly

April 6, 2016 3:17 PM PT

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All flights in and out of John Wayne Airport were put on hold Wednesday afternoon after a small plane touched down with its landing gear still up.

The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza skidded to a halt on its belly on the main runway at 2:37 p.m., according to airport spokeswoman Deanne Thompson.

The person aboard the plane wasn’t injured, but all flights had to be held while Orange County Fire Authority crews moved the plane away.

Thompson said around 3 p.m. that officials hoped to resume normal operation soon.

Jeremiah Dobruck

Jeremiah Dobruck was a public safety reporter for the Daily Pilot. He first came to the Pilot as an editorial intern in 2009. After a handful of other media-related jobs, he was hired full-time at the Pilot as a copy editor in 2012. He holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Cal State Fullerton. He left the Daily Pilot in 2016.