Multiple people have been killed following the crash of a single-engine plane in a wooded area of North Carolina, authorities said. The number of people dead and the names of the victims have not been released.

Four passengers were onboard the plane when it crashed and caught fire, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

The crash occurred at 5 p.m. as, according to eyewitnesses, the airplane was trying to land at the airport, the National Parks Service said.

Multiple people were killed after a single-engine plane crashed into the woods near the Wright Brothers National Memorial's First Flight Airport in North Carolina. The crash occurred on Saturday at approximately 5 p.

A single-engine plane was trying to land when it crashed into a wooded area near the memorial in North Carolina on Saturday, the National Park Service said.

The National Park Service confirmed "multiple passenger fatalities" after a small plane crashed at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport in North Carolina.

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