Two Doctors Die in Texas Small Plane Crash

DALLAS (AP) -- Two men killed Saturday in a plane crash near Brownwood were Dallas doctors experienced in organ transplants.

Dr. Paulose Mathai, 50, and Dr. Karl Robert Brinker, 58, died after the small plane flown by Mathai hit a power line and crashed into a stand of trees before catching fire.

``This is pretty much sending shock waves through the transplantation community,'' Pam Silvestri, spokeswoman for the Southwest Transplant Alliance, said in a story Sunday in the online edition of The Dallas Morning News.

``They were two at the top,'' Silvestri said.

The two practiced at Methodist Health System where Mathai was a lung specialist and Brinker a kidney specialist.

The crash occurred as the plane approached Brownwood Regional Airport about 7 a.m. Saturday.