FAA, NTSB investigating after 3 people killed in Tennessee plane crash

Three radical traveling successful a tiny level died connected Saturday aft crashing astir 1 mile southbound of a agrarian airdrome successful Sparta, Tennessee.

Airport officials and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital the single-engine Mooney M20TN craft crashed astatine astir noon section time, arsenic it was connected an attack to the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport.

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport officials confirmed 3 radical are dormant pursuing the clang connected Saturday. (Google Maps)

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All 3 radical connected committee died successful the crash, airdrome officials confirmed. Their identities person not yet been released.

The FAA is presently astatine the country and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is en route.

The level clang happened astir 1 mile southbound of the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport connected Saturday. (Google Maps)

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In a statement, the FAA said it volition investigate. The NTSB is taking the lead.

The clang comes conscionable days aft a famed stunt aviator died portion attempting to onshore astatine Langley Air Force Base successful Virginia.

Rob Holland died successful a level clang connected Thursday astatine Langley Air Force Base successful Virginia, according to a connection connected his Facebook page. (Rob Holland Aerosports via Facebook)

FAMED STUNT PILOT DEAD AFTER PLANE CRASH AT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, NTSB INVESTIGATING

Rob Holland, the pilot, was the lone idiosyncratic connected committee and died aft crashing into the ungraded adjacent the taxiway conscionable aft 11:30 a.m. Thursday, according to NTSB aerial information researcher Dan Boggs. 

Holland was attempting a regular landing erstwhile the calamity occurred, and was not performing immoderate stunts, Boggs said. 

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Officials confirmed Holland was successful interaction with aerial postulation controllers anterior to the crash.

The airfield was closed astatine the clip and subject operations were not impacted.