SEALE, Ala. (AP) - Officials say at least two people were killed
in a small plane crash in east Alabama.
The Russell County Sheriff's department told WTVM TV of
Columbus, Ga., that a plane that dropped off radar Monday afternoon
was found off Highway 431 near Phenix City, Ala.
The plane is a single engine 2006 RV-10 kit plane registered to
RVN 210 HM-10 Inc. in Hermitage, Tenn.
Montgomery's WSFA TV reported that the plane was flying from
Lebanon, Tenn. to Colorado. The Civil Air Patrol was called around
2 p.m. after the plane reportedly tried to divert to Columbus, Ga.
and then tried to divert to Auburn-Opelika.
Its last known radar point was near Seale in Russell County when
radar and radio contact dropped off around 12:30 p.m.
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