Five people were hospitalized after a small plane skidded off a runway into a body of water at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend on Monday. An airport spokesperson, Stephanie Kilmer,

The private plane sped off the tarmac at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend around 6:12 a.m. and ended up about 100 feet from shore in Coos Bay, an airport spokesperson told the Register Guard. All four passengers and a crew member were rescued and rushed to an area hospital in unknown conditions.

A small private aircraft skidded off Runway 23 at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport early Monday morning, coming to rest approximately 100 feet off the east end of the runway in the water. The incident occurred at around 6:12 a.