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Two killed in Texas plane crash

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-08 11:43

HOUSTON: Two people were killed Monday when a small airplane crashed near an airport in the US state of Texas, officials said.

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The turboprop-powered airplane crashed shortly after 11:30 a.m. Monday on final approach to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Texas, killing a man and a boy aboard, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It was not clear whether the two were related.

The FAA records indicate the plane was registered to a Texas attorney.

Yellow tape surrounded the crash site, where debris lay in an open field in a rural farmland area.

Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger said a dense fog advisory was in effect for the area at the time of the crash.

An investigation was underway. Officials said visibility will be a factor in the investigation.

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