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Colorado Mountain Crash, 2 lost in Mountain Snow, 2 Recovered

What: Private Socata TB21 Trinidad TC en route from Durango to Aspen
Where: Silverton, CO
When: Dec 3 2011
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Forty minutes after leaving Durango for a Christmas party in Snowmass Village., the plane crashed into mountains near Silverton Colorado. Hampered by inclement weather, searchers had to deal with nearly a foot of snow between Saturday and Sunday in the mountains at 11,000 above sea level.

The bodies of Jenna Rich and Tyler Black were found and recovered, and are headed for autopsy.

The search continues for two more bodies. The four adult passengers have all been reported as deceased. Three of those aboard were employees of Alpine Bank, and the fourth aboard was a spouse.

The debris field of the crash covers more than a mile.

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