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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

A plane hit powerlines over I-26 in North Carolina, then burst into flame. Nobody was seriously hurt

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A small plane crashed on a western North Carolina highway and caught fire Thursday night, but the two people on board escaped life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

A single-engine Diamond DA-40 crashed on Interstate 26 near Asheville Regional Airport around 8:15 p.m. with two people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.

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