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Wreckage of missing plane found in south Texas

by Juanita Jimenez

khou.com

Posted on October 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM

McALLEN, Texas -- The crash site of a plane carrying four

people has been found in remote rural south Texas.

Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Manuel Garza said

authorities are still making their way to the site north of

Benavides. Garza could confirm no other details.

FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says the plane was flying from

Uvalde to Leesburg, Fla., when controllers at FAA's Houston Center

noticed it was losing altitude.

Lunsford says the pilot reported the turbulence was making it

difficult to maintain his altitude of 25,000 feet. Radio and radar

contact was lost shortly thereafter.

Lunsford says there were storms in that area today.

 

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