Police investigate if plane was shot while landing at airport
By WBZ Staff
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TEMPLETON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A plane may have been shot while landing at Gardner Municipal Airport in Templeton Monday afternoon. A student pilot and the instructor on the Cessna 172M heard the plane get hit. On the ground, they observed a hole and fuel leaking from the tank.
Mechanics at the airport drained the tank and discovered what appeared to be a .22 caliber bullet.
No injuries were reported. The student was practicing touch-and-go landings at the time of the incident just after noon.
State Police say troopers could not definitively say the tank rupture was from a gunshot.
The Worcester County District Attorney and FAA are taking over the investigation.
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