Four people have died after a small plane crashed after taking off from an airport northeast of Atlanta in the US. Officials said the plane was full of fuel and was on its way to Houston. Officials of the National Transportation Safety Board provided this information during the investigation.
The single-engined plane crashed at the Dekalab-Peachtree airport at 1:10 p.m. Friday, killing four people on board, officials said. The identity of the deceased has not been disclosed. Officials said flight operations were restored at the airport from Friday night after the accident. The cause of the plane crash is being investigated.
A plane carrying skydivers in central Russia crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday, killing 15 of the 22 people on board. The Czech Republic-built L-410 plane crashed near the city of Menzlinsk, about 960 kilometers (600 mi) east of Moscow.
