An investigation is underway after at least one person died in a plane crash in a remote area south of South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday evening, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE â An investigation is underway after two people died in a plane crash in a mountainous area south of South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday evening, officials said on Thursday.The Alpine County Sheriff's Office said it was notified of an overdue aircraft around 1 a.m. Thursday. The aircraft was plotted in the Willow Creek area near Luther Pass.
Their identification has not been released.Authorities believe the crash happened sometime between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday.National Transportation Safety Board investigators will be out documenting the scene and the damage. They said it was a Luscombe 8A aircraft.The Federal Aviation Administration said the crash was found at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday after it departed Wednesday afternoon from Lodi Airport.An investigation is ongoing.
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