All 10 occupants killed in small plane crash in Utah

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Ten people were killed when a twin-engine plane crashed after take-off at an airport close to the mountain biking mecca town of Moab, in the northwestern state of Utah, police said.

The plane "it is believed ... crashed shortly after take off," at around 6:00pm Friday (0000 GMT Saturday) near Canyonlands Field, close to Arches National Park, Grand County Sheriff James Nyland said in a press release.

Alerted by reports of fire, "investigators located a downed aircraft which was fully engulfed in flames," he added.

"None of the occupants of the plane survived the crash," Nyland said.

All 10 occupants, the pilot and nine passengers, are believed to have been residents of Cedar City, Utah, where they were heading to at the time of the...

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