All six people aboard a US small plane die when it crashes, while preparing to land in central Texas, authorities say.
The twin-engine aircraft went down just before 9 a.m. (local time), as it was approaching an airport in Kerrville, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of San Antonio, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.
The pilot and other five people aboard the plane were all killed, and state law enforcement officials are securing the crash site for FAA and National Transportation Safety Board investigators, says Sgt. Orlando Moreno, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Beechcraft BE58 took off from an airport outside Houston earlier today and crashed about six miles (10 kilometers) northwest of Kerrville Municipal Airport, the FAA spokesman says. Federal authorities have not yet confirmed its tail number.
— AP
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