DEVELOPING – A small plane crashed at the Tucson International Airport in Arizona Monday, and officials confirmed it was deadly.
The cause of the crash and number of people dead were unclear. The aircraft was a private plane, airport spokeswoman Jessie Butler told Fox News.
There has been a fatal private aircraft crash at @TucsonAirport. Airport operations are continuing.
— TucsonAirport (@TucsonAirport) January 23, 2017
The crash triggered a fire and massive cloud of black smoke. The Tucson Fire Department responded to help rescuers, Fox 10 reported.
The crash did not affect commercial flights, airport officials added.
The plane was a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 300, KTVK added.
These planes were a constant presence in the sky in L.A. (along with the pigs ghetto birds).
We’re right under the commercial flight path for Portland, so we see jets flying overhead regularly. But light aircraft (copters included) are a fairly rare sight here.
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