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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A number of folks aboard a single-engine aircraft died Monday when the plane crashed close to an interstate freeway in Nashville, Tennessee, authorities stated.
The pilot made an emergency name to John C. Tune Airport round 7:40 p.m., reported engine bother and was given clearance to make an emergency touchdown, Metro Nashville Police Division spokesman Don Aaron stated. A short while later the pilot radioed that the plane wouldn’t attain the airport, he stated.
The aircraft burst into flames when it crashed in a grassy median simply off Interstate 40 and behind a Costco on town’s westside. The crash scene was about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) south of the final aviation airport.
“It seems that everybody on board perished,” Aaron stated.
The precise variety of victims was not instantly recognized, he stated. Authorities additionally had been working to find out from the place the aircraft originated.
There have been no accidents to drivers on the interstate, Nashville Fireplace Division spokesperson Kendra Loney stated. Authorities stated no automobiles or buildings on the bottom had been broken.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will examine.
