Plane touches down without landing gear at Medford's airport

MEDFORD, Ore. – A plane touched down at the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport without its landing gear deployed.

On the morning of December 6, an Ameriflight Beechcraft cargo aircraft en route from Portland to Medford landed “gear up,” the airport said. There were no injuries reported.

Federal aviation officials have been contacted. At 10:00 a.m. Thursday, the airport said they were waiting for approval to move the aircraft off the runway. The aircraft was towed away at about 11:00 a.m.

The airport said passengers are encouraged to contact their airlines for flight information.