North Carolina: Deadly plane crash wreckage cleared from park

INVESTIGATION FOR DECADES AFTER A PLANE CRASHED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ITS WRECKAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A SMALL PLANE...

June 28, 2023
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INVESTIGATION FOR DECADES AFTER A PLANE CRASHED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ITS WRECKAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED AT WATER ROCK KNOB IN NOVEMBER OF 1983. AFTER THE CRASH, DEBRIS WAS LEFT BEHIND ON LAND THAT WAS LATER DONATED TO THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN 2016. OFFICIALS SAY THE SITE OF THE CRASH ATTRACTED A LOT OF VISITORS WHO WERE GETTING TO THE CRASH SITE ON UNAUTHORIZED TRAILS OUT OF CONCERN FOR VISITOR SAFETY, DAMAGE TO RARE SPECIES AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

Janice Limon