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Dangerous heat Tuesday pushes heat index past 100 degrees; Heat Advisories issued
HEAT ADVISORY: is in effect for western Nicholas, western Fayette, western Raleigh, Wyoming, and McDowell County until 8pm, Tuesday, July 9th. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are a real threat when heat indexes push into the 100s. Avoid the outdoors if you can, stay hydrated, and find shade or AC to help cool you down. […]
3 dead in North Carolina plane crash
Three people are dead after a plane crash Monday in McDowell County, North Carolina. The plane was discovered in the Brackett Town Road area off Vein Mountain Road, officials said. "It is with deep sadness that we confirm the tragic loss of three lives in the downed aircraft," McDowell County...
Three victims in fatal crash in WNC identified
The victims of a Western North Carolina plane crash Monday have been identified. Authorities confirmed three people died in the crash of a single-engine Cessna 182 on a densely wooded hillside off of Brackett Town Road in McDowell County.
3 killed in small plane crash in western North Carolina mountains, officials say
Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in western North Carolina, officials said Monday.McDowell County Emergency Management said in a statement that emergency personnel responding to a report of a missing small plane found the downed aircraft near the Rutherford County line. The area is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Asheville. McDowell County officials later confirmed three deaths in the downed aircraft.Three people were aboard the single-engine Cessna 182 when it crashed in the mountains near Rutherfordton, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The National Transportation Safety Board will be in charge of the investigation and will provide further updates, according to the FAA, which is also investigating.The NTSB said in a statement that preliminary information indicates that the plane, which departed Mountain City, Tennessee, and was heading to Rutherford County Airport, crashed Sunday and the wreckage was found Monday.Officials said an NTSB investigator was traveling to the scene to document and examine the wreckage. The agency is expected to issue a preliminary report within 30 days on the initial phase of its investigation though a final report with a probable cause and any contributing factors is expected to take one to two years.
3 from South Carolina die in Nebo NC plane crash; national safety board investigating
A plane crash in Rutherford County near the McDowell County line claimed the lives of three people from South Carolina late Sunday. Pilot Adam Plummer, of South Carolina, was flying a Cessna C182 from Mountain City, Tennessee, to Rutherford County Airport late Sunday when the plane went down near Brackett Town Road in Nebo around 9 p.m., according to information from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and the National Transportation Safety Board.
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