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2. Two killed when cargo plane crashes near Toledo Express Airport
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:36 AM
Sep 2019

Source: WTVG-TV

Two killed when cargo plane crashes near Toledo Express Airport

By Jeff Smith | Posted: Wed 3:49 AM, Sep 11, 2019 | Updated: Wed 8:29 AM, Sep 11, 2019

SWANTON, Ohio (WTVG) - The Toledo Lucas County Port Authority has confirmed that two people were killed when a cargo plane crashed just outside of the Toledo Express Airport early Wednesday morning.

According to crews on the scene, that plane was a conveyor cargo plane flying from Millington, Tennessee which crashed on top of two semis at Bubba's Auto and Deisel near the airport around 3 AM Wednesday morning.

Police on the scene say the plane was fully engulfed when they arrived on the scene this morning. Port Authority officials say that fire is now extinguished. Police and fire crews from multiple departments arrived on scene to assist.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cargo-plane-crash-near-toledo-several-fires-auto-parts-toledo-express-airport-today-2019-09-11/

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According to CBS News, the FAA says the plane was a Convair 440.
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