Plane makes emergency landing at Sugar Land airport

Officials say the Cessna twin-engine plane landed without its landing gear down at the Sugar Land airport Tuesday afternoon.

  SUGAR LAND, TX (KTRK) -- A private plane made an emergency landing at the Sugar Land Airport Tuesday afternoon.

Officials say the Cessna twin-engine plane landed without its landing gear down. No one was injured, but the runway was closed as crews try to clear a fuel spill from the landing.

Investigators will have to determine whether the landing gear issue was a mechanical failure or a pilot error.

We will bring you more information as it becomes available.

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