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    2 dead, 2 hurt in small-plane crash in Ariz.

    SHOW LOW, Ariz. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says two people are dead and two others have critical injuries after a small-plane crash in Show Low, Ariz.

    FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer says the single-engine Cessna crashed after takeoff from the local airport at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

    Local officials told the FAA that two of the four people on board survived.

    Show Low Police Chief Jeffrey Smythe tells the Arizona Republic that a male and female died and another male and female had critical injuries. The plane was headed to Las Vegas.

    Smythe didn't immediately return messages from The Associated Press.

    The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

     

    51 comments

    • Tony  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      What a sorry bunch of low life people you are to make such insensitive comments after such a tragedy!! May all of you ROT in hell!!!
      • Dave 3 mths ago
        I totally agree.
      • JaeJ 3 mths ago
        yeah and if they had friends or family that fly they wouldn't be mouthing off! I happen to have family out there that have a small plane and the #$%$ article did not give enough info.
    • Captain Truth  •  3 mths ago
      Still safer than driving...
      • Dh 3 mths ago
        why drive when you can fly
    • Darryl K  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      Intellectual losers, all of you!
    • Captain Truth  •  3 mths ago
      I like the idiots that can turn a small plane crash political...gotta love people.
    • RayC  •  New Braunfels, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I remember in Phoenix when a small plane had to make an emergency landing while returning from Las Vegas - they were ok until the woman's husband saw the news on live TV. He thought she was at her mom's in Flagstaff. "Almost everything that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"...
    • JaniceG  •  Victoria, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Sorry for my earlier post, I meant that's too sad.
    • Ethan  •  3 mths ago
      Why does the world have to be such a depressing place ):
    • Tyler Jones  •  3 mths ago
      I pray for the deceased and hope the injured will be okay
    • MG  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      Two people lost their lives and two people are fighting for their lives. These asinine comments are disturbing......
      • Jay Dees 3 mths ago
        That's because they have nothing to do in their sordid little lives but make jokes at the expense of someone who loses their life. They're the lowest of the low and deserve no sympathy or recognition of any kind.
      • MG 3 mths ago
        Thank You Jay. Your words are reassuring that their are some good people left in this cynical world.
      • Tony 3 mths ago
        Thank-you Mary....Too bad that there are so-o-o many low life, sorry people in this world, with nothing better to to but to show how insensitive and STUPID that they are!!!
    • roadscolar  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      I wish that pilots of light aircraft would practice crash landings and emergency procedures, but they don't. When I'm flying I always have alternates and potential landing sites in mind. But I know that most pilots do not. Even on take off (or especially on take off) you need to plan ahead for engine failure - where are you going, what are you going to do?

      I'm not saying this is the case here - but really the only excuse for this would be a flight control failure and that is very, very rarely the case. More likely motor failure followed by a stall, or overweight causing loss of control.
      • Mack the Knife 3 mths ago
        so, your arrogantly saying this would not have happened to you, thats what your saying.
      • larry n 3 mths ago
        I agree I have been flying rotary wing wing since 63 Shot down a couple of times and several rapid deceleration incidents because of mechanical failures.
        I am always fascinated when a fixed wing pilot thinks that they can save the air frame and try to land in a field which has been plowed. or on a road way with obstructions.
        It has been my experience that if an auto rotation is going to end in a hard landing that the best thing to do is pull full pitch and full rear cyclic. This allows the aircraft to practically eliminate forward air speed. You crash backwards on to the tail. As I do not fly fixed wing I ask this, is what I just described possible in a fixed wing. ?
        By the way I have relatives that live up on the Grade above Apache Junction. Canyon Lake, (tortilla flats) about 1/2 way to Roosevelt Dam. At one time when my parents lived out there I could have been a tour guide for AZ. I still miss the darn place.
      • Charles 3 mths ago
        Very few people get educated about flying private aircraft by reading the idiotic comments that follow stories like this.
    • AZliberal  •  Yuma, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Best regards to family and friends.
    • Coondog  •  3 mths ago
      Yahoo, there are THOUSANDS of OTHER stories you could have reported on while you FINISHED gathering enough information to make THIS story worth reading. Dumfux
    • Erik M  •  Bellevue, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      I am shocked by all the cold hearted comments on here anout this crash. I know the people that were on board and its such a sad tradegy. Cant help but wonder what the heck is wrong with people like SMELLY BEARDED CLAM... seriously, you need to be locked up. I can only imagine how horrible of a person you are to those who have had the unfortunate luck of meeting you. Karma happens to all those who deserve it.
    • «Nàmá§té»  •  3 mths ago
      What happens in vegas stays in vegas..They'll never know...R.I.P
    • Coondog  •  3 mths ago
      And my friends wonder why I WILL NOT fly
    • Douglas Fox  •  3 mths ago
      Hell with all them planes, little or small !!!! I'll drive or take a boat !!!!
    • Norske  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Cessnas are notoriously dangerous and difficult to fly. They have antiquated slip string fly controls, unlike modern aircraft that have pneumatic systems.
    • AnonymousE  •  3 mths ago
      Ever since you got rid of undocumented aliens, the quality control of airplanes has sucked in Arizona! You know you peckerwoods wouldn't know how to fix a flat, much less service an airplane. Just an observation!
    • Stony  •  3 mths ago
      You fly, you die. There were 1000 small plane crashes last year. Dont these idiots ever learn.
    • a veteran  •  3 mths ago
      God bless them,but #$%$vegas is only a 6 hr drive
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