AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW), a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States and Latin America, announced today that it has received notification that an aircraft carrying four EZCORP employees and two crew members landed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and after landing was involved in a runway overrun accident. EZCORP has been advised that there were no fatalities and mostly minor injuries, with one EZCORP employee and one crew member sustaining more extensive injuries. The company is coordinating to make sure the employees and crew are receiving proper medical attention.
The aircraft, Gulfstream G200 N813WM, is owned by TVPX Aircraft Solutions as Owner Trustee for the benefit of Cap Cities Holdings, LLC, an EZCORP subsidiary, and leased to Texas EZPAWN, L.P., another EZCORP subsidiary. The aircraft was on a flight from Austin, Texas to ToncontÃn International Airport, Honduras, and was being operated under Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
The company has notified the NTSB, the FAA and the Honduran Authorities and is working with the investigative authorities in charge to determine exactly what happened.
ABOUT EZCORP
Formed in 1989, EZCORP is a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States and Latin America. It also sells merchandise, primarily collateral forfeited from pawn lending operations and used merchandise purchased from customers. We are dedicated to satisfying the short-term cash needs of consumers who are both cash and credit constrained, focusing on an industry-leading customer experience. EZCORP is traded on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol EZPW and is a member of the Russell 2000 Index, S&P SmallCap 600 Index, S&P 1000 Index and NASDAQ Composite Index.