NTSB Says Medical Plane Apparently Broke Apart Before Crash

NTSB Says Medical Plane Apparently Broke Apart Before Crash
A Care Flight medical transport plane carrying a patient and four others that crashed the day before is seen in Lyon County, Nev., on Feb. 25, 2023. Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP
The Associated Press
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STAGECOACH, Nev.—A medical transport flight that crashed in a mountainous area in northern Nevada, killing five all five people aboard the plane including a patient, apparently broke apart before hitting the ground, authorities said Sunday.

The National Transportation Safety Board has sent in a seven-member team of investigators to the site of Friday night’s crash near Stagecoach.