Plane Hits Parked Plane at Seattle Airport, Burns

SEATTLE -- A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a departing light plane with two people aboard crashed and then struck an unoccupied aircraft parked at Seattle's Boeing Field. Spokesman Mike Fergus says the plane that crashed caught fire and burned Wednesday night. KIRO-TV reports firefighters extinguished the fire but there was no immediate word on the status of the two occupants.
Dec. 1, 2011

SEATTLE --

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a departing light plane with two people aboard crashed and then struck an unoccupied aircraft parked at Seattle's Boeing Field.

Spokesman Mike Fergus says the plane that crashed caught fire and burned Wednesday night.

KIRO-TV reports firefighters extinguished the fire but there was no immediate word on the status of the two occupants.

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