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Small plane crashes in US’ Tennessee, all 3 on board killed

The plane, Mooney M20TN, crashed about one mile south of a rural airport in Tennessee’s Sparta, a statement by US aviation watchdog Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.

All three people on board the aircraft died upon the crash, airport officials confirmed, reported Fox News, adding the identities of the deceased have not been revealed yet. (Representational/ File Photo)

In a tragic incident reported from Tennessee in the US, a single engine plane crashed on Saturday morning, killing all three on board, officials said.

The plane, Mooney M20TN, crashed about one mile south of a rural airport in Tennessee’s Sparta, a statement by US aviation watchdog Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.

All three people on board the aircraft died upon the crash, airport officials confirmed, reported Fox News, adding the identities of the deceased have not been revealed yet.

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The North End Volunteer Fire Department, in a post on Facebook, said “Please avoid the area of Almyra Road and Howell Cemetery Road. Our thoughts and prayers for everyone involved.”

The director of Upper Cumberland Regional Airport, Dean Selby, said that he received a report of an aircraft going down at about 11:50am on Saturday, while Memphis Air Traffic Control Center contacted the airport to inform them that it had lost contact with the aircraft.

FAA, in a statement on its website said “A Mooney M20TN crashed south of Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Tennessee around noon local time on Saturday, April 26. Three people were on board. The FAA and NTSB will investigate.”

The airport director Selby said that the single engine plane had departed from Alabama and was on its way to land at Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Tennessee’s Sparta.

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The FAA arrived at the site of the crash a few hours after the accident, while the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is leading the investigation, said that it’ll arrive in Tennessee on Sunday.

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