Police investigate if plane was shot while landing at airport

By CNN Newsource

Published April 25, 2022 4:26 PM

By WBZ Staff

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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