Pilot suffers non-life-threatening injuries after a banner plane crash near a South Carolina beach

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP) — A small plane carrying only the pilot crashed in the water off a South Carolina beach popular among tourists, officials s...

August 2, 2023
12:28 PM

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP) — A small plane carrying only the pilot crashed in the water off a South Carolina beach popular among tourists, officials said. The single-engine monoplane was flying a banner before falling into the ocean near Myrtle Beach around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. A local hospital treated the pilot for non-life-threatening injuries, Corporal Chris Starling of the Myrtle Beach Police Department told The Associated Press.