FESTUS, Mo. (AP) _ A man and his adult son were killed when a small plane
crashed near a Missouri airport after the pilot reported electrical problems
that made it difficult to see the runway.
The wreckage was discovered Friday morning in woods near the airport in Festus,
35 miles (55 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The victims’ names haven’t been
released.
Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak says the pilot was returning from New
York with a newly purchased single-engine plane Thursday night. The pilot
reported electrical problems that prevented him from activating the runway
lights, which are otherwise turned off at night.
Marshak says the pilot sent a text asking his fiance to stand at the runway
with a flashlight. The plane crashed within a few hundred yards of the runway.
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