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4 Lost in Crash at St George Airport


What: Cessna 172
Where: St. George Municipal Airport, St George, Utah
When: May 26, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: The plane carrying four men crashed early in the morning around 1:30 a.m. The wreckage wasn’t discovered until 6 a.m. when security discovered it 300 feet south of the runway. There were no severe weather conditions reported at the airport during the early morning hours.

The four victims were locals whose names have not been released.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

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