Medical Transport Plane Crash Kills 4 in New Mexico, Sparking Fire on Under 5 Acres
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Updated · KCBD · May 14
Medical Transport Plane Crash Kills 4 in New Mexico, Sparking Fire on Under 5 Acres
11 articles · Updated · KCBD · May 14
Lincoln County officials said first responders located a missing medical transport aircraft and confirmed all four people aboard were dead after it crashed en route from Roswell to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport.
The plane was reported missing, prompting an emergency response that found the wreckage and a fire caused by the crash.
Less than five acres burned in what officials referred to as the Seven Cabins Fire, and crews were still working to contain it.
Lincoln County is notifying families of the victims and urged the public to avoid the area while emergency operations continue.
As a wildfire rages, what clues can be salvaged from the remote New Mexico medical plane crash site?
Did the 12:12 a.m. crash time point to pilot fatigue as the cause of this fatal medevac disaster?