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2 killed from plane crash in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains: officials

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains Saturday morning, according to officials and local reports. 

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter that multiple people saw the plane go down, and that air support was able to confirm the crash site.

A local ABC reporter tweeted that authorities with the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed two people died in the crash. 

The single-engine plane took off from Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, before it crashed near Apache Junction at around 8 a.m., according to local reports.

Multiple agencies are responding to an aircraft crash in the Superstition Mountains outside of Apache Junction.
A helicopter flies over the mountain range. Twitter/Elenee Dao
A parking area near the range.
A parking area near the range.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been alerted to the crash. No further information was immediately available.

The mountain range is about 40 miles east of Phoenix.