The six people aboard a small plane died Monday after crashing while they were preparing to land in central Texas, authorities said.
The twin-engine aircraft crashed shortly before 9 am while it was approaching an airport in Kerrville, located about 110 km northwest of San Antonio. , according to a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The pilot and five other people on board the plane were all killed, and state law enforcement officials secure the scene of the crash for investigators from the the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, said Sgt. Orlando Moreno, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Beechcraft BE58 took off from an airport located near Houston earlier Monday and crashed about 10 km northwest of Kerrville Municipal Airport, the spokesman said. the FAA. The federal authorities had not yet confirmed its tail number at the beginning of Monday afternoon.
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The flowers fell on the statue of the Cardiff City footballer, Frederick Charles Keenor, in front of the Cardiff City Football Club after a plane with new recruit Emiliano Sala aboard disappeared Monday night on the Handle. (Photo of Ben Birchall / PA Images via Getty Images)
The flowers fell on the statue of the Cardiff City footballer, Frederick Charles Keenor, in front of the Cardiff City Football Club after a plane with new recruit Emiliano Sala aboard disappeared Monday night on the Handle. (Photo of Ben Birchall / PA Images via Getty Images)
The flowers fell on the statue of the Cardiff City footballer, Frederick Charles Keenor, in front of the Cardiff City Football Club after a plane with new recruit Emiliano Sala aboard disappeared Monday night on the Handle. (Photo of Ben Birchall / PA Images via Getty Images)
FC Nantes staff members will be held on 22 January 2019 in front of FC Nantes de la Jonelière training center in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, on the outskirts of Nantes, after the announcement of the disappearance of the plane taking away Argentine striker Emiliano Sala from Nantes to Cardiff. – Former FC Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who has just been hired by Cardiff, was on board a missing plane that had disappeared from Alderney's radar in the Channel Islands. , according to French police sources January 22, 2019. (Photo LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Credit photo should read LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images)
The French midfielder of Nantes, Samuel Moutoussamy, leaves the training center of FC Nantes Jonelière La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, on the outskirts of Nantes, January 22, 2019, after the announcement of the disappearance of the plane leading Argentine striker Emiliano Sala from Nantes to Cardiff. – Former FC Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who has just been hired by Cardiff, was on board a missing plane that had disappeared from Alderney's radar in the Channel Islands. , according to French police sources January 22, 2019. (Photo LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Credit photo should read LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images)
On January 22, 2019, Brazilian defender Fabio Da Silva leaves the Jonelière training center of FC Nantes at La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, outside Nantes, after the announcement of the disappearance of the plane carrying Argentine striker Emiliano Sala de Nantes. in Cardiff. – Former FC Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who has just been hired by Cardiff, was on board a missing plane that had disappeared from Alderney's radar in the Channel Islands. , according to French police sources January 22, 2019. (Photo LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Credit photo should read LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images)
A photo shows a camera at the entrance to the training center of FC Nantes de la Jonelière after the announcement of the disappearance of the plane that was carrying Argentine striker Emiliano Sala de Nantes to Cardiff, January 22, 2019 in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, outside Nantes – The former FC Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who has just been hired by Cardiff, was on board of a missing plane that had disappeared from Alderney's radar in the Channel Islands, according to French police sources on January 22, 2019. (Photo LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images)
The French gendarmes are on duty at the entrance to the training center of FC Nantes de la Joneliere at La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, on the outskirts of Nantes, on January 22, 2019, after the announcement of the the disappearance of the plane carrying Argentine striker Emiliano Sala from Nantes to Cardiff. – Former FC Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who has just been hired by Cardiff, was on board a missing plane that had disappeared from Alderney's radar in the Channel Islands. , according to French police sources January 22, 2019. (Photo LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Credit photo should read LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images)
The French gendarmes are factioning at the entrance to the training center of FC Nantes Jonelière La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, on the outskirts of Nantes, January 22, 2019, after the announcement of the disappearance of the plane carrying Argentine striker Emiliano Sala from Nantes to Cardiff. – Former FC Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who has just been hired by Cardiff, was on board a missing plane that had disappeared from Alderney's radar in the Channel Islands. , according to French police sources January 22, 2019. (Photo LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Credit photo should read LOIC VENANCE / AFP / Getty Images)
