Hattiesburg, NTSB officials discuss deadly Tuesday night plane crash
Hattiesburg, NTSB officials discuss deadly Tuesday night plane crash By WDAM Staff | May 6, 2021 at 10:32 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 6:19 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - City officials and members of the National Transportation Safety Board held a news conference Thursday in regards to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of four people in Hattiesburg late Tuesday night.
The conference began shortly after 10:30 a.m., as HPD public information officer Ryan Moore, NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Alex Lemishko and Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker discussed the next steps into the investigation of the crash.
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Police arrest four after Box Hill aggravated carjacking
Police have arrested four male teens following an aggravated carjacking in Box Hill early this morning.
Police allege a 40-year-old man was parked on Collins Street when four males appeared and opened the doors to his car about 2.40am.
The victim was allegedly threatened with a knife and dragged out of his car before the four offenders drove off in the victim’s White Suzuki Baleno.
Hours later, investigating Police located the vehicle on Ford Street, Ivanhoe at about 10.30 AM, before the police Air Wing continued observations on the stolen Suzuki hatchback allegedly travelling at high speed.
Four dead after small plane crashes into Miss. home
Four dead after small plane crashes into Hattiesburg home By WDAM Staff | May 5, 2021 at 12:30 AM CDT - Updated May 5 at 7:08 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Four people are dead after a small plane crashed into a Hattiesburg home Tuesday evening.
Hattiesburg Police Department public information officer Ryan Moore said they were notified of an aircraft crash on Annie Christie Drive around 11:20 p.m.
Once at the scene, emergency personnel confirmed that a small civilian plane had crashed into a home.
Moore said four people were killed in the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been contacted to investigate the crash.
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