CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. — One person was killed Saturday afternoon when a single-engine, homebuilt Velocity aircraft crashed in western North Carolina, ABC affiliate WLOS reported.
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Crews responded to the plane crash near the Western Carolina Regional Airport near Andrews, Cherokee County, the North Carolina Highway Patrol told WLOS.
The plane crashed shortly after take-off.
The crash is under investigation.
The National Transportation Safety Board sent WLOS the following statement:
“The preliminary information available currently is that a Homebuilt Velocity aircraft impacted a field on departure from Western Carolina Regional Airport near Andrews, North Carolina about 12 PM EDT.”
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