A small plane with four people on board crashed in a field next to a road in Rural Illinois on Saturday morning, officials said.
Authorities have not said how many people died in the accident, but the Illinois state police said it was “an active and deadly investigation.”
The plane crashed around 10:15 am in Trilla, about 65 miles south of Champaign. The plane debris was dispersed on the roadway, which was closed several hours after the accident, the state police said.
The plane, a monomotor Cessna 180, crashed about a dozen kilometers from the Commemorative Airport of Coleste de Coles in Mattoon, Illinois, said the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. We didn’t know if someone on the ground was injured.
“We keep those who are affected by the plane, our thoughts today,” said Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois on social networks. “Thank you to the first speakers who rushed to the scene.”
Last week, small plane accidents killed at least nine people.
Friday evening, a small plane crashed in a river in the east of the Nebraska, killing three people on board, said officials. On April 12, a small plane with two engines crashed in a muddy field in New York, killing the six people on board.
The flight remains the safest mode of transport, say the experts, but an unusual wave of accidents involving commercial line aircraft at the start of the year increased the anxieties of travelers about the flight.
