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Small medical plane crashes in New Mexico mountains, killing all 4 people aboard
The Beechcraft King Air 90 was carrying medical crew and personnel, and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause.
- A small medical plane crashed outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Thursday morning, killing all four people aboard, according to officials; the aircraft departed from Roswell Air Center headed for Sierra Blanca Regional Airport.
- Responding crews navigate difficult terrain in the Capitan Mountains to reach the crash site, Lincoln County Manager Jason Burns said, with the fire estimated to be less than 5 acres.
- Conditions across southern New Mexico remain hot and dry, with a red flag fire risk warning issued for the Ruidoso area due to low humidity and wind gusts reaching 35 mph.
- The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, while the U.S. Forest Service works with local agencies to suppress the fire.
- Officials continue to evaluate the wreckage of the plane, which was owned by Angel's Envy, to determine if the fire is directly related to the accident since the cause remains unknown.
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A medical transport plane crashed in the mountains of New Mexico, USA, killing all four people on board and also causing a wildfire in the surrounding forest.
4 killed in medical transport plane crash in New Mexico
Four members of a medical transport crew were killed when their aircraft crashed in a mountainous area of southern New Mexico after losing communications and radar contact, according to the company and local officials. The aircraft was a King Air operated by Trans Aero Medevac, which said it was flying from its Roswell, New Mexico, base to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport near Ruidoso for a medical transport mission. The FAA said the flight had de…
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