A small plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Wednesday resulted in injuries to a physician and a pilot, as confirmed by UNC Health and RDU Airport officials. The incident involved a UNC Air Operations medical plane that was transporting Dr. Paul Chelminski, an internal medicine physician with UNC Health, back from a lecture at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dr. Chelminski was taken to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and was discharged later in the afternoon. The pilot, identified as Art Johnson, who has been with UNC since 2013, was transported to Duke University Hospital in Durham and is currently listed in fair condition.
