UPS Contract Plane Crash Lands in West Virginia, Killing Two
- Surveillance video showed plane slamming down on its side
- Plane slid down embankment after its left wing broke off
Part of a cargo plane lays on the ground following a fatal crash at Yeager Airport in Charleston, W. Virginia, on May 5, 2017.
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Two crew members died when a small cargo plane carrying packages for United Parcel Service Inc. slammed wing-first onto a West Virginia runway and skidded down a ravine.
A surveillance video at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, showed the Short 330 twin turboprop coming down on its left side Friday morning, Kanawha County commissioner Ben Salango said. Investigators with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board have the recordings and will review them, the agency said via Twitter.