DAYTONA BEACH, Florida -- Two people died when a single-engine plane crashed on property just east of Daytona Beach International Airport Monday night and burst into flames.
The plane took off from the general aviation runway at the airport just before 10 p.m. Monday
night and crashed off airport property shortly after take-off, landing
on the west side of South Clyde Morris Boulevard at its intersection
with Bellevue Avenue and erupting in flames.
Units
with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, the Daytona Beach Police
Department, Volusia County Fire Services and the Daytona Beach Fire
Department rushed to the scene after the first report of the crash came
in at 9:57 p.m.
County and city firefighters extinguished the flames. It’s believed
that there were two occupants onboard the Cessna 172 that was registered
to Phoenix East Aviation. There were no survivors.
The
Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety
Board will be investigating the cause of the crash. The Sheriff’s
Office’s Major Case Unit also is investigating to confirm the cause of
the deaths. The incident didn’t affect operations at the Airport, which
remains open for business.
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