We’ve learned more about the small airplane that flipped upside down upon attempting to land at the Southwest Michigan Regional Airport in Benton Harbor on Wednesday morning.

Speaking in the afternoon, Airport Director Christopher Beckman said the plane out of Canada had two people on board when the incident occurred at 9:30 a.m.

“ They landed in Michigan on Monday, Port Huron, and left the next day, and recently landed in Battle Creek, and then Dowagiac,” Beckman said. “ The spot before here was the Dowagiac airport, so they were coming to us from Dowagiac, and then they decided that, well, during flight, they experienced some malfunctions, and that’s why they tried to land

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