of the Superstition Mountains, according to ABC News Radio. “It only had the red and green lights on the wings on, and it just ran into the mountain. I looked, like fireworks and then a big explosion.”
A video posted on YouTube purported to capture the plane crash. It showed lights moving in the darkness and then a flash in the distance. It’s authenticity could not be immediately confirmed.
The Federal Aviation Administration initially said it had no reports of a plane crash in the area.
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Mexican drug runners?
I lived in Miami, AZ a couple of years ... now a ghost town. Worked on the White River Apache Reservation.
I always loved driving around the Superstition Mountains. Beautiful.
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My hiking grounds on the Flat Iron..treacherous for search and rescue...heading to Mesa Gateway.
First reports that this could have been a military training plane capable of 35 passengers..
still no info to confirm..
Seems to be a lot of flaming wreckage for a “small plane”.
FOX 10 in Phoenix just said it was a twin engine that had just taken off.
Watching the Video.. Blown up much LARGER... 1. Following the small ‘light’... 2. Just prior to Impact.. the light goes out... then 3. 3 seconds later the First Flash occurs, Followed 4. One second by the Huge Fuel Ignition. 5. Hence the Fires.
I pray they were killed upon impact.. but, based on the Fires, the plane may have impacted 1st, jumped location to final impact and explosion
A/C flashing light comes into low left side of pic about :10, flies all the way into mountain at :58. Stable flight the whole way.
CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain.
Latest news is the pilot, a mechanic, one adult and three children.
Searchers have found the body of one child, 5-9 years old. Just reported on Fox 10 TV Phoenix.