WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — A forced landing in a field near the Wood County Regional Airport on Wednesday resulted in minor injuries to a student and a Federal Aviation Administration official, according to a spokesperson for Bowling Green State University.

The spokesperson emphasized that the situation was not a crash. A BGSU student and an FAA-designated pilot examiner were flying in the multi-engine aircraft near Bowling Green at the time of the forced landing, which happened around 12:30 p.m. and to the north of the airport.

The student, who BGSU described as nearing graduation, was being evaluated for a commercial pilot license. The evaluation required landing an aircraft during a simulated engine failure.

"During this simulation, the FAA examiner took over the aircraft, landing the plane

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