LAREDO, Texas -- At least two people have died in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed at Laredo International Airport in South Texas after the pilot reported smoke coming from an engine.
The Piper PA-31P had departed the airport Thursday morning and was attempting to return when it crashed in a grassy area about 50 yards from commercial buildings adjacent to the airport grounds.
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Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza says the airport was closed to all commercial and cargo air traffic following the wreck.
The condition of a third person who was also found in the wreckage is not immediately known.
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Federal Aviation Administration records show the Piper is registered to a man in Bruni, a small community east of Laredo.
Baeza did not know the plane's destination.