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Five Dead After Small Plane Crashes
May 1, 2026
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Getty ImagesThe remains of five people have been found in a crashed plane 30 miles southwest of Austin, Texas, investigators said. The identities of the victims inside the Cessna 421C have not yet been made public. Fire and EMS crews found the downed aircraft near Wimberley, having first received a call at 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, Hayes County Judge Ruben Becerra said, according to ABC News.
The cause of the crash has not yet been established, but the Hayes County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it happened in Wimberley’s 200 block of Round Rock Road, CBS 6 KFDM reports. Investigators said there were no signs of a mid-air collision, although Becerra noted that, “Preliminary information indicates the aircraft was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of impact.” “A second aircraft traveling in the vicinity landed safely in New Braunfels,” Becerra’s statement on Facebook noted. The judge said the investigation would be carried out by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. Read it at ABC NewsRead more at The Daily Beast.
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