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BREAKING NEWS FROM 24-HOUR NEWS
8.
THINGS WERE SMALL ENOUGH,
COULD BE SOMEBODY WE KNOW OR
WORK WITH.
THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN, YES.
IN JUST THE LAST HOUR, POLICE
CONFIRM THE WRECKAGE OF A PLANE
IS FOUND IN DECATUR COUNTY.
GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
POLICE ARE NOT CONFIRMING
WHETHER THERE ARE SURVIVORS.
IT TOOK WORKERS HOURS TO FIND
THE CRASH SIGHT A MILE SOUTH OF
THE AIRPORT.
THAT'S WHERE WE FIND 24-HOUR
NEWS EIGHT'S THERESA MACKEN
TERESA.
IT WAS ABOUT 10:45 WHEN WE
RECEIVED WORD THAT EMERGENCY
CREWS HAD LOATHED THIS PLANE.
YOU CAN SEE JUST OFF TO THIS
SIDE, THAT IS WHERE WE'VE BEEN
WATCHING CREWS GO IN AND OUT.
WE'VE SEEN A.T.V.'S, AMBULANCES,
RESCUE CREWS COMING IN AND OUT.
THEY'VE HAD VOLUNTEERS HERE
SEARCHING FOR HOURS TO TRY TO
LOCATE THIS PLANE.
THIS ALL STARTED ABOUT
6:15 TONIGHT.
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT,
DETECTIVE, WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE
6:15 BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THINGS,
BUT FIRST, A CIVILIAN CALLED IN
A TELL ABOUT A PLANE CRASH.
THAT'S TRUE.
AT 6:19 THIS EVENING, THE
CIVILIAN CALLED THE SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT, REPORTING THAT HE
BELIEVED HE HEARD A PLANE GO
DOWN.
AT 60:30, WE RECEIVED A CALL
FROM THE F.A.A. ASKING IF WE
WERE SEARCHING FOR A PLANE DOWN.
THEY ADVISED THEY WERE TRACKING
THE PLANE ON RADAR, LOST IT
SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.
YOU JUST FOUND THAT PLANE AT
THIS POINT.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
ARE THERE ANY SURVIVORS?
I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT AT
THIS POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE
OFFICERS ARE STILL DOWN THERE
GOING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE.
IS THERE WORD HOW LONG IT
WILL TAKE TO GO THROUGH THIS?
WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
HANDLING THIS.
THE PLANE WAS HEADING BACK TO
GREENSBURG, SO THIS PERSON COULD
BE FROM THE AREA?
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, YES.
AT THIS POINT, AS YOU HAVE
ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND
HERE, WE'RE NOT CONFIRMING HOW
MANY PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD, IS IT
DIFFICULT TO HANDLE AS YOU GO
THROUGH THIS?
MOST DEFINITELY.
AGAIN, IF THIS IS IN FACT
GREENSBURG PEOPLE, EVERYBODY IN
GREENSBURG KNOWS EVERYBODY.
IT COULD BE A SAD TIME FOR THE
PEOPLE IN GREENSBURG IF THAT IS
THE CASE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE
THEY WERE COMING FROM?
I HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT AT
THIS POINT IN TIME, NO.
ANY IDEA HOW LONG THIS WILL
TAKE TO WRAP UP TONIGHT?
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE A
LENGTHY PROCESS.
I BELIEVE THE SCENE IS GOING
TO BE SECURED THIS EVENING,
TONIGHT AND THEN WAIT FOR THE
F.A.A. AND NTSB TO ARRIVE
TOMORROW MORNING.
APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL STAY OUT HERE AND BRING
YOU THE LATEST UPDATES TOMORROW
MORNING ON DAYBREAK.
THAT BEGINS AT 5:00 A.M.
JUST TO WRAP UP WHAT HAPPENED,
HERE.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED MULTIPLE
POINT.
NO WORD ON SURVIVORS.
POLICE ARE NOT SAYING MUCH.
IF THESE ARE LOCAL PEOPLE,
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO WAIT TO
NOTIFY THE FAMILY.
WE WILL STAY ON THIS OF COURSE,
DAYBREAK AND wishtv.com.