GREENVILLE, Maine, July 31, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – A small plane crash on
Monday claimed three lives at the Greenville Municipal Airport in rural
Maine, a state in northeastern United States, according to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA).
The cause of the accident is under investigation. The names of those
killed have not been released yet, and the bodies of the victims have yet to
be removed on Monday afternoon due to concerns over the safety of the crash
site, said a spokesman for the Greenville Police Department.
The twin-engine plane, leaving from Pembroke, a city in Ontario, for
Prince Edward Island in Canada, crashed at around 11 a.m. local time as it
approached the runway after it appeared to have some problems, officials said
on Monday.
The FAA will investigate the crash with the National Transportation Safety
Board, with the latter expected to release more information about the
incident on Tuesday.