الاحد 01-03-2010
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BRISTOW — Two people died in a plane crash Sunday near Bristow’s Jones Memorial Airport, just southwest of the town.
The small plane went down about 2:25 p.m., said Lt. Vern Wilson of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
A witness to the crash told investigators it sounded as though the plane was having engine trouble before it crashed, Wilson said.
BRISTOW, OK -- A small plane crashed at Jones Memorial Airport, 110 West 7th Avenue in Bristow. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirms that two people are dead.
The crash happened at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The lone witness to the crash was a man in his tractor, a foreman at a nearby ranch. He told OHP the plane sounded like it was having engine trouble and tried to abort its landing. Authorities say the plane then hit nearby power lines before crashing in a field just west of the runway.
By the time the ranch foreman reached the wreckage, there was little he could do.
The plane burst into flames and OHP reports two people inside died; their bodies were badly burned.
The names of the victims have not yet been released.
OHP did not know where the plane was coming from nor its destination.
"(The plane) is pretty bad. There's not anything left of the cabin portion. There's just a little bit left of the tail portion and that's about it," said Lt. Vern Wilson, Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
OHP secured the scene of the crash and waited for the Federal Aviation Administration to arrive. The FAA will investigate the crash.
OHP began calling local airports Sunday evening in an attempt to find out if any had flights that were unaccounted for.