KENOVA W.VA -- Officials say six people have been killed after a plane that was apparently low on fuel crashed near a West Virginia airport. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot radioed that the aircraft was low on fuel shortly before the crash Friday near Huntington, W.Va. Officials initially said three people had died, but later revised the death toll to six.
The Piper PA-34 hit a power line before crashing less than two miles from the Tri-State Airport near the Ohio and Kentucky state lines. FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac says all six people aboard was killed. FAA officials didn't know where the plane had taken off from or where it was headed. The plane is registered to Wilmington, Del.-based Wesvin Inc.
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