11-year-old girl survives Michigan plane crash that killed 4
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An 11-year-old girl is apparently the only survivor of a small commercial plane crash on an island in Lake Michigan that killed four adults, authorities said.
An 11-year-old girl is apparently the only survivor of a small commuter plane crash on an island in Lake Michigan that claimed the lives of four people, authorities said.
The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Welke Airport on Beaver Island in the far northern part of Lake Michigan just below the Upper Peninsula, according to a statement from the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office.
The twin-engine Britton-Norman BN-2 aircraft crashed on landing at the airport after departing from Charlevoix, Michigan, about 32 miles away, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
A helicopter crew from the Coast Guard Great Lakes was training in the area at the time and responded to an emergency call from the island. It then flew the critically injured child and a male adult, who initially survived the crash, to McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, where the male victim was pronounced dead, authorities said.
