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USA Plane crashes at regional airport in North Carolina

SDA

18.12.2025 - 18:26

HANDOUT - Firefighters are responding to a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina. Photo: Uncredited/WSOC via AP/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full attribution to the above credit
HANDOUT - Firefighters are responding to a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina. Photo: Uncredited/WSOC via AP/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full attribution to the above credit
Keystone

A small plane has crashed at a regional airport in the US state of North Carolina. There were several fatalities, the station WBTV quoted a local police chief from Iredell County. The station WSOCTV reported that the plane was a Cessna C550 business jet. The plane crashed on approach to Statesville Regional Airport. No further details were initially known.

Keystone-SDA

18.12.2025, 18:26

Photos showed dark smoke above a runway. A witness told the radio station that the plane had approached very low. Statesville Regional Airport is about an hour's drive from the major city of Charlotte.

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