5 people injured as small airplane crashes into water at end of runway

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a small plane that crashed off a runway in North Bend, Oregon, and into the sea, injuring five people.

Emergency teams from various local agencies reacted to a report of a crash near a runway at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend, Oregon, soon after 6 a.m., the airport said. Officials reported that a 2019 HondaJet HA-420 carrying a pilot and four passengers slid 100 feet off one of the airport's runways and into Coos Bay.

The airport stated in a statement that all five individuals onboard, including the pilot, had minor injuries and were transported to a local hospital via ambulance.

According to FlightAware, the jet departed St. George Regional Airport earlier that morning. According to records, the jet, registered in North Bend, has flown between the two airports several times in recent weeks.

The airport reopened about 10:30 a.m., after the jet was recovered from the water by a salvage business, according to the airport.

It wasn't immediately clear what caused the incident, but all incidents involving aircraft are investigated with help from federal agencies.