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Tragic Small Plane Crash Kills Altoona Family in Iowa
A Piper single engine plane bound from Chicago to Des Moines crashed near Brooklyn Iowa killing Larry Lawson 55 his brother Dan Lawson 54 and Lisa Lawson 25 all from Altoona and a Spanish friend Jose Garcia as the party returned for a holiday gathering. Dan Lawson had piloted the craft which vanished near Palwaukee Airport and Ankeny Regional Airport authorities and the NTSB opened an investigation amid snowy fields and a light wind day.
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Brooklyn
Iowa
Chicago
Larry Lawson
Altoona
Dan Lawson
Chandler, Ariz
Lisa Lawson
Larry
Linda Lawson
Jose Garcia
Spain
Lisa
Waukee
Ankeny
Des Moines
Poweshiek County
Tom Sheets
National Transportation Safety Board
FAA
Interstate 80
National Weather Service
Illinois
Jeff Johnson