Cargo plane crashes into golf course near airport
FLORENCE, Ky. Police say the pilot is missing and a passenger has been injured in a small cargo plane crash on a golf course in Florence. The statement is taken to mean that the pilot was killed.
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport spokesman Ted Bushelman says the plane was trying to land at airport when it crashed around one a-m.
The two propeller cargo plane broke apart near some trees lining one of the fairways. The plane was carrying packages for D-H-L when it crashed.
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Fatal plane crash
09:04 AM EDT on Friday, August 13, 2004
FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) -- A cargo plane carrying two people crashed early Friday near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, killing one of two people on board, an airport spokesman said.
Airport spokesman Ted Bushelman said the pilot walked away from the crash and was taken to the hospital. The co-pilot's body was found after daybreak, several hours after the crash, Bushelman said.
Authorities have not identified either person. The plane took off last night from Memphis, Tenn. and crashed around 1 a.m. into a golf course in Florence, Bushelman said. "He was coming in for a landing. It was less than a mile from the runway," he said.
The plane broke apart near some trees lining one of the golf course fairways.
The airplane was flown by Air Tacoma, a central Ohio-based contractor for DHL, Bushelman said.
The FBI was investigating and told local authorities not to touch anything at the crash scene, Bushelman said. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to arrive later Friday.
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