Aircraft crashes into mountain east of Phoenix

[marmar]

Authorities say an aircraft has crashed in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix but they don't yet know what kind of plane it is.

A Pinal County spokeswoman says 911 calls began coming in around 6:30 p.m. Friday about an explosion near the Lost Dutchman Mine Park in the Apache Junction area.

Sheriff's officials confirmed that some type of plane had crashed, and rescue crews were on their way to the crash site in rugged terrain near the peak of a mountain. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-arizona-plane-crash-20111123,0,2486926.story

[Tansy_Gold]

1. Apparently 3 adults, 3 children on board

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/apache_junction/pcso%3A-plane-crashes-into-superstition-mountains

and

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065517/Pilot-children-feared-dead-plane-crashes-Superstition-Mountains-holiday-tragedy.html


What a terrible tragedy.



At 8:30 P.M. local time, I could see helicopters still hovering over the Flat Iron, which is the central section of the mountain in this photo. No sign of fire from here, however.