Multiple People Dead After Plane Crash Near Wright Brothers National Memorial

Multiple People Dead After Plane Crash Near Wright Brothers National Memorial
The Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, N.C, on Oct. 1, 2019. Shutterstock
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MANTEO, N.C.—Multiple people died after a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport, the National Park Service said.

The crash occurred at 5 p.m. as, according to eyewitnesses, the airplane was trying to land at the airport, the park service said in a news release.