Shortly after 9 a.m. today a Beachcraft Bonanza airplane making a southerly departure from Paine Field Airport crashed in a heavily wooded area south of the runway.
The aircraft had two male passengers on board – one died at the scene, the other was taken by ground to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
The main runway was shut down for approximately three hours while response crews located the aircraft and rescued the injured person.