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MIDWAY — Emergency personnel responded to two separate aircraft crashes on Saturday. But the occupants in both crashes walked away with only minor injuries.
About 12:51 p.m. Saturday, 911 dispatchers received an emergency call reporting a helicopter crash above Midway. Wasatch County search and rescue teams were deployed and located the crash site, along with the pilot and passenger.
The pilot and passenger were "in good shape and were able to hike most of the way out," according to authorities.
A separate crash was reported in Morgan County later Saturday. About 7:37 p.m., air traffic control in Salt Lake City received an emergency broadcast from a small passenger plane.
"We are losing our engines and going down in Morgan County," the pilot reported.
Weber dispatchers received a second call from the pilot's sister, who was in contact with her brother, reporting that the plane had crashed. The pilot was the sole occupant of the plane, according to authorities.
The sister and another caller told dispatchers that the man was unable to get out of the plane. Emergency personnel from Morgan fire and the Morgan County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene where they were able help extricate the pilot from the plane. The man was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
The plane's pilot told rescuers that he had lost power at about 9,000 feet up and had no choice but to crash land his plane in the field.
The identities of those involved in the two separate crashes have not been released.
Correction: An earlier version had an incorrect dateline of Midvale instead of Midway.
