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Plane carrying 4 crashes, causing explosions near casino
Original Publication Date: November 18, 2016 12:37PM
Publication Updated: April 27, 2025 6:05AM
ELKO, Nev. – A Federal Aviation Administration spokes says a plane carrying four people crashed Friday evening in Elko, Nevada.
Allen Kenitzer says the Piper PA 31 airplane crashed under unknown circumstances.
The Elko Daily Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2g5Y32Q) that the plane crashed into the Barrick Gold Corp. parking lot, causing multiple explosions and sending up flames near a busy casino.
More information on the plane’s occupants was not immediately available. There were no ground injuries.
The FAA and the NTSB will investigate.
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