A plane that reportedly went off the runway is seen at Queen City airport in Allentown
#Allentown emergency vehicles respond to plane down at Queen City Airport (that's 78 West) pic.twitter.com/f8Dx2Zrl2J— Sarah Cassi (@SarahCassi) April 6, 2015
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