EDIS Number: VI-20110411-30254-USA
Date / time: 11/04/2011 02:57:02 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Accident
Area: North-America
Country: USA
State/County: State of Mississippi
Location: [Near McComb-Pike County Airport]
Number of Deads: 3 person(s)
Number of Injured: N/A
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: Minor
Description:
A private airplane has crashed in Southern Mississippi, killing all three people aboard. McComb Police Chief Greg Martin said the plane crashed into trees near the McComb-Pike County Airport on the western edge of the city before dawn Sunday. The plane was identified as a Cessna 310R, a dual-engine propeller craft. Authorities told the McComb Enterprise-Journal that the plane left New Orleans around 4 a.m. and was headed to McComb, about a 110-mile flight. The victims' identities were not released immediately. Martin said the Federal Aviation Administration has sent two investigators to the scene.
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