Charleston Area Plane Crash Kills 4
A small plane crash that took place 30 miles northwest of Charleston recently killed three men from South Carolina and one from Delaware. The men were on their way to St. Lucie County International Airport in Ft. Pierce, Florida in order to be cleared at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. From there, they were going to fly to a radio operator’s conference in the Bahamas.
The plane took off from the Dorchester County Airport and headed south. Shortly after take-off, the plane veered off course and crashed into a low-lying, thickly wooded area about 50 yards from the runway. Accidents during take-off are very rare and the cause of the crash remains unknown.
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board are still investigating the cause of the accident. They are looking at the weather and instrumental defects as possible causes of the accident.
Source: Post & Courier “4 Killed in Deadly Crash”- October 22, 2009.
