KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A search ended Wednesday for five people missing after a commuter plane crashed and burned as it carried doctors and other medical professionals to a conference. Their bodies were recovered from the wreckage.
Thirteen people died in the crash Tuesday, but two escaped with little more than broken bones.
“It was remarkable,” said National Transportation Safety Board member Carol Carmody of the survivors.
The plane took off from St. Louis and went down Tuesday night in a woods with 15 people aboard as it came in for a landing in Kirksville, a city of about 17,000.
Carmody didn’t release the identities of those who died in the crash, although some have been identified by family members and employers.
Authorities called it a miracle that anyone managed to survive the crash of the Je
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