A small plane collapsed on Friday evening in a Nebraska River and killed all three passengers, according to the authorities.
The plane crashed in the flat river south of Fremont – or about 40 miles northwest of Omaha – according to a statement from the Sheriff's Office by Dodge County. The bodies of three passengers from the plane were restored but not yet publicly identified, said the Sheriff office.
Authorities added that the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board took over the investigation.
Jennifer Gabris, a spokesperson for the NTSB, said in a statement that an NTSB researcher is expected to arrive on stage this afternoon.
“Once on site, the researcher will start the process of documenting the scene and examining the plane,” she said. “The aircraft will then be found in a secure facility for further evaluation.”
She added that during the on-scene phase of the research process “the NTSB does not determine or speculate about the cause of the accident” and that a provisional report with more information will be available within 30 days.
A spokesperson for the FAA confirmed the crash in an e -mail and said that the NTSB will be in charge of the investigation.
The crash comes in the midst of a whole series of comparable aircraft and helicopter crashes in recent weeks.
Last month, a plane crashed with one motorcycle in a house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, where the only person was killed on board and turned on a fire.
On April 10, a sightseeing -helicopter in the Hudson River was near New York City, killing the pilot and a young family of five. The next day another small plane crashed in Boca Raton, Florida, in which all three passengers were killed on board.
And on 12 April a private plane crashed while it prepared for a second landing attempt in Columbia County in New York, again to kill all passengers on board.
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