Tilla, Illinois near small aircraft with four onboard crashes
The New York Times reported that a small plane with four people on the board crashed in a ground on Saturday morning, in a rural part of Illinois near Trilla, in a ground near Trilla, about 65 miles of the champion, the New York Times reported. The accident occurred at around 10:15 pm and inspired the immediate response from the emergency staff and the state police.
Illinois State Police described the incident as “an active and ongoing deadly aircraft check”, but did not specify how many of the four persons died. The single-engine seesna 180 was found to be scattered in a nearby roadway, which remained closed for several hours.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that the Kols County went about 12 miles from the Memorial Airport in Matoon. Both FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have initiated an investigation to determine the cause of the accident. Officials have not confirmed whether anyone is hurt on the ground.
Governor JB Pritjkar, while accepting the tragedy on social media, said, “We keep the people affected by the plane crash in our views today. The first thanks to the respondents who reached the scene.”
The accident adds to the recent string of small aircraft events in the United States. A day earlier, three people died in an aircraft accident in East Nebraska. And on 12 April, six people lost their lives when a twin-engine aircraft went down in New York.
