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Small plane crash injures 3 in Texas

16 June 2013 03:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Three men were injured after a small plane crashed in the U.S. state of Texas Saturday, APA reports quoting local media.

The twin engine aircraft hit the ground in a field shortly after it took off at the Victoria Regional Airport in southeast Texas, local media KHOU.com said. No injuries on the ground were reported.

The State Department of Public Safety (DPS) identified the victims as pilot Burl Wilkerson, 58, of Houston, along with passengers Sajib Rupollia, 30, of California, and Daniel Nghien, 50, also from Houston.

Preliminary reports from the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) suggest the plane began having engine problems, shortly after takeoff.

The FAA website shows the plane is registered to a company in Wyoming State.

Officials with the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board and Texas DPS are now investigating at the scene.