Plane crash kills two near airport (plus video)

The burned and crumpled remains of a small-engine plane sit in a field near the Greley-Weld County Airport as a Union Colony Fire/Rescue Authority fireman looks over the damage. The plane crashed just before noon with a possible two people killed in the accident.

JIM RYDBOM/jrydbom@greeleytribune.com

To see video of the wreckage, click on the link at the bottom of this article.

A plane crashed this morning just south of the Greeley-Weld County Airport in east Greeley, sparking a brush fire and killing two people.

The plane is a single-engine airplane, which apparently hit some power lines and trees, and crashed in flames on the ground. Onlookers have been moved back, as there may have been something toxic on board.

Ed Phillipsen, chair of the Greeley/Weld Airport Authority Board, said some witnesses saw the plane stall in the air and "drop like a rock."

Federal officials from the National Transportation Safety Board were on scene Monday afternoon investigating the cause of the crash.

The call came out about 11:45 a.m. Authorities reported through radio traffic that they had the majority of the flames cleared by noon.

More information to come when it is available.

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