Twin-engine plane crash in Texas kills at least 10 people

Author: BRIAN PASCUS/ CBS News
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(Shaban Athuman/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

A small passenger plane crashed into an unoccupied hanger in Addison, Texas on Sunday morning. CBS Dallas reports that at least 10 people have died from the crash. A town spokesperson told the station that no one survived.

According to information provided to CBS News by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air airplane crashed at 9:10 a.m. and was destroyed by fire.

The twin-engine private plane lost an engine at take-off, sources told CBS News. The plane banked left immediately after takeoff and went into the hanger.

The National Transportation Safety Board will arrive on the scene this evening and the FAA has started a preliminary investigation.

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