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Two people were killed Friday when a small plane crashed near the Siler City Municipal Airport, according to the State Highway Patrol.


2 killed in plane crash near Siler City Municipal Airport

COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK. 2 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A PLANE CRASHED NEAR SILER CITY'S AIRPORT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M GERALD OWENS. THE NTSB SAYS THIS WAS A SMALL PLANE WITH ENOUGH ROOM FOR 4 PEOPLE. IT CAME DOWN JUST BEFORE 1 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED. THIS IS OFF SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD RIGHT NEAR THE SILER CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PLANE WENT DOWN IN THE WOODS THERE. >> OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS STORY SINCE IT BROKE JUST BEFORE 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. BRIAN SHRADER IS IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER FOR US AND WRAL'S MONICA. CASEY IS AT THE SCENE. WE'RE GOING TO START THEIR MONICA. YOU ARRIVED IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LEARN >> YEAH, GERALD, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT HERE WE ARE ON SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD. IT'S IN AN DEAD-END ROAD HERE BEHIND ME. BUT IT'S THIS FIELD WHERE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED WHEN WE ARRIVED, THERE WERE 2 STATE HIGHWAY PATROL VEHICLES PARKED OVER HERE. ONE OF THEM HAS SINCE LEFT. BUT THE OTHER WENT DEEPER INTO THIS FIELD OVER THE HILL. THAT IS WHERE WE BELIEVE THE CRASH SITE IS. YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. BUT WE HAVE SEEN INVESTIGATORS HEAD THAT WAY. WE DO KNOW FROM BROADCASTIFY RADIO TRAFFIC THAT FORESTRY OFFICIALS WERE CALLED IN TO CUT THIS ROAD HERE SO THAT FIREFIGHTERS COULD GET TO THE CRASH IS STILL A VERY FLUID SITUATION THAT WE HAVE GOING HERE RIGHT NOW. >> BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, MONICA CASEY LIVE IN SILER CITY. THANK YOU, MONICA. LET'S SEND IT OVER TO BRIAN SHRADER NOW IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER WITH A LOOK AT WHERE THIS HAPPENED AND HOW OFFICIALS GOT TO THE PLANE. ULTIMATELY, BRIAN, I MONICA WAS DESCRIBING ITS A WOODED AREA SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT. IT'S A PRETTY THICK WOODS APPARENTLY WANT TO TAKE YOU OVER TO SILER CITY HERE ON THE MAP. ZOOMING IN HERE TO THE AIRPORT AREA JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN SILER CITY. HERE'S AIRPORT ROAD AND JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT IS A DIRT ROAD CALLED SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD. AND IT'S ALONG THERE. >> THAT FIRE CREWS STARTED STAGING LOOKING FOR THAT PLANE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THICK THE WOODS ARE HERE ON THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT AS THEY GOT THERE, THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CALL FOR FAR STREET OFFICIALS TO COME IN AND HELP CUT THAT PATH TO GET BACK TO THAT BURNING WRECKAGE. THEY SAID THAT THE WOODS WERE ON FIRE. IT WAS NOT SPREADING QUICKLY AT THE TIME AND THAT IS THE SCENE THAT THEY WERE ASSESSING AS THEY GOT THERE. COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL HEAR SOME OF THAT RADIO TRAFFIC THAT WE GOT FROM BROADCASTIFY AS THEY RESPONDED TO THAT CRASH SITE. WHAT THEY SAW AS THEY GOT THERE. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU. WE ALSO TALKED TO A RETIRED ARMY HELICOPTER PILOT. >> ABOUT THE MODEL OF THE PLANE THAT CRASHED. HE SAYS IT HAS A GOOD REPUTATION AND IS OFTEN USED AS AN AIRCRAFT FOR TRAINING. >> THAT AIRCRAFT WAS CREATED BY TYPE ARE DESIGNED A PIPE OR INITIALLY AS A TRAINING AIRCRAFT IS TO SEEK FOR JEN AND PERHAPS A FOUR-SEAT VERSION. JUST ONE, 50 SORT OF OVERWHELMED AS A TRAINER. BUT THE AIRCRAFT HAS A GOOD REPUTATION COMMISSION AND BE SAFE. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME INITIALLY AS TO WHAT MIGHT CAUSE HUGE CRASH. >> YOU'LL WANT TO STAY UP TO DATE ON ALL THIS BREAKING NEWS IN OUR AREA WITH THE WRAL NEWS

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