Five Die in Pratt Airport Jet Crash on Mountain
Mercer Hall described hearing a blast and seeing smoke after a Georgia Pacific jet failed to stop on a snow slush runway and plunged off a mountain, bursting into flames. Five bodies were recovered as FAA and NTSB teams investigated. access was arduous through snow and ice.
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Princeton Community Hospital
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