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North Adams Fire and police responded to the airport during the landing.

Plane Executes Emergency Landing At North Adams Airport

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A private plane executed an emergency landing at Harriman-and-West Airport on Monday morning.
 
Katherine Eade, the mayor's special assistant and administrator for the airport, reported that the plane carrying two people, including the pilot, landed safely.
 
"The pilot said he essentially glided into North Adams from 12,000 feet…he was very glad to find this remote airport," Eade said.
 
The newly wedded couple was flying home to Colorado after honeymooning in Maine. The pilot, the husband, called in for an emergency landing after he noticed his engine was leaking oil. This prompted a full response from North Adams emergency services, per protocol.
 
The plane landed with no issues. There were no injuries.
 
Eade said longtime airport user Carl Villaneuva donated a courtesy car to the couple so they could drive off and find lunch and a hotel while the grounded plane was repaired at the airport.
 
According to scanner reports, emergency vehicles left the airport around 11 a.m.

 


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Vermont National Guard Members Depart From North Adams

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff

About 50 people waved flags to the see the Guardsmen off on their bus. The members were staying in North Adams because of a lack of hotel rooms in Bennington, Vt.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Residents came together Friday to see some Vermont National Guard members off.
 
The American Legion Riders organized a send off for a group of 75 or so Guard members who were staying at Hotel Downstreet.
 
"We are going to escort them to the Bennington Armory," Riders President Mike Lewis said. "They are going to gear up there, and then I am not sure where they are going. I don’t even know if they are all going to the same place."
 
Fifty or so people met in the Hotel Downstreet parking lot to show their appreciation. They waved flags and held signs. A bagpiper was also present.
 
The Riders contacted the Fire Department who helped organize the send off. North Adams Police cruisers and Northern Berkshire EMS were also on site to help see the bus off.
 
Lewis said there was not enough rooms in Bennington for the National Guard members. He added because of the trend to use vacant hotel rooms as low-income housing, the group had to look toward North Adams.
 
It's not clear where these Guard were off to, but about 500 members of 3-172 Infantry Battalion were expected to go to the Middle East with U.S. Central Command. According to Vermont Digger, this deployment was scheduled prior to the strikes on Iran. 
 
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