Plane crashes, catches fire at North Carolina airport; FAA probe underway

A Cessna C550 crashed portion landing astatine Statesville Regional Airport successful North Carolina connected Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The FAA told Fox News Digital the C550 crashed astir 10:20 a.m.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating, with the NTSB starring the probe.

An authoritative with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital that a tiny pitchy crashed aft it took disconnected soon aft 10 a.m. 

It appeared to beryllium attempting to instrumentality to the airdrome wrong minutes of departure earlier going down, the authoritative said.

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The authoritative added that section exigency vigor postulation mentioned imaginable fatalities, but authorities person not confirmed immoderate deaths.

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