Two people are dead after a plane crashed along the Colorado-Utah state line after taking off from Grand Junction Regional Airport on Wednesday morning.
The plane, a Hawker 900XP charter plane, took off from Grand Junction at 10:37 a.m. and crashed just ten minutes later on the Utah side of the border, according to flight tracking site ADS-B Exchange.
The plane was headed for Tacoma, Washington, according to Utah’s Grand County Sheriff’s Office in a news release.
Deputies confirmed a pilot and second in command were on the plane. The release said notification of the next of kin would come before their identities were released. A post about the crash on the Aviation Safety Network website stated the two occupants of the plane were dead.
A sheriff’s office spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for more information.
A photo the sheriff’s office posted on Facebook showed scorched grass and debris.
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