A horror plane crash has left three people dead after an aircraft plunged out of the sky and into a river last night, it has been confirmed.
A small airplane crashed into a river in eastern Nebraska, in the United States, authorities said. The aircraft was travelling along the Platte River and crashed into the water south of Fremont at 8:15 p.m., Sgt. Brie Frank of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said during a news conference.
The bodies of three people were recovered, Frank confirmed. Authorities did not immediately release the identities of the deceased.
The sheriff’s office said the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will oversee the investigation near Fremont, located about 37 miles west of Omaha.
This latest aviation tragedy has followed a recent string of horrific plane and helicopter crashes in the US in recent months. A collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington D.C. in January shocked the world.
67 people were left dead, including three military personnel on board the helicopter, after the aircrafts plunged into the freezing Potomac River after the collided. It was the deadliest incident involving an aircraft in the US since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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