Officials: Plane That Crashed Near Atlanta Was Full of Fuel

Officials: Plane That Crashed Near Atlanta Was Full of Fuel
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Ga., in April 2016. Google Maps/Screenshot via NTD
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CHAMBLEE, Ga.—A small plane that crashed just after takeoff from a suburban airport in a northeast suburb of Atlanta, killing all four people aboard, was full of fuel and headed for Houston, according to authorities.

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board provided that information Sunday during an update on their investigation.