Los Angeles: At least three people died in a plane crash in Steamboat Springs, Colorado state of America. This information has been given in the preliminary report of the Federal Aviation Administration. According to the report of Xinhua News Agency, the US National Transportation Safety Board told the Express that it is investigating the accident. This accident was of a small aircraft named Epic Aircraft E-1000. It is a single-engine, six-seat light turboprop aircraft. This accident happened near Emerald Mountain at around 12.20 am local time on Friday. The circumstances under which the accident occurred are not yet clear.

Plane crash had happened before also

Routt County Sheriff Doug Sherar said work was underway to identify the victims and notify their families. Earlier in December, another plane crashed. Seven people lost their lives when a small jet plane crashed in Statesville, North Carolina. According to the police, this accident happened at the regional airport. According to the police, those killed in the crash include former NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) driver Greg Biffle, his wife and two children. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna C-550 jet crashed while landing at the airport at about 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday and burst into flames.

According to FlightAware, a flight information website, the plane took off from the airport shortly after 10 am, but later returned and tried to land there. It was seen in the video that the rescue team immediately ran towards the runway. The broken parts of the plane were engulfed in flames. Statesville Regional Airport Manager John Ferguson told reporters that the Federal Aviation Administration has now taken over responsibility for the crash site.