Two Dead In Kansas City Area Plane Crash

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol said two people have died in a small plane crash near a suburban Kansas City airport.

The plane went down near the Johnson County Executive Airport Tuesday afternoon. Overland Park police say the plane was on fire when officers from the region arrived.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro said a single-engine Mooney M20S crashed “under unknown circumstances” shortly after leaving the airport.

The aircraft was destroyed. Further information was not immediately available.