Small Plane From Iowa Crashes in Indiana Cornfield, Killing Everyone Onboard

Small Plane From Iowa Crashes in Indiana Cornfield, Killing Everyone Onboard
Smoke rises from a cornfield in central Indiana, after a plane taking off from Fort Dodge, Iowa, crashed en route to Anderson Municipal Airport on Sept. 6, 2024. Todd Harmeson/East Madison Fire Territory via AP
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ANDERSON, Ind.—A single-engine plane traveling from Iowa to Indiana crashed in a central Indiana cornfield Friday, killing everyone on board, authorities said.

The plane left Fort Dodge, Iowa, just after 6:45 a.m. and was projected to land at Anderson Municipal Airport, about 9:55 a.m. but crashed into a nearby cornfield, said Capt. Darwin Dwiggins of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.