ALBAWABA- Four people were killed on Tuesday evening when a medical transport plane crashed while attempting to land near Chinle Airport in northeastern Arizona, authorities confirmed.
The town is located approximately 321 kilometers northeast of Flagstaff.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aircraft involved was a Beechcraft 300, which went down during landing.
All occupants, including medical workers and a patient being transported to a hospital, died in the crash, the Associated Press reported.
Emergency services rushed to the scene, but no survivors were found. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have launched a formal investigation into the cause of the crash.
This latest tragedy adds to a troubling trend of rising aviation fatalities in the United States.
According to Fox4 News, 60 deadly aviation accidents have occurred in the U.S. in 2025 alone, claiming at least 188 lives so far.
That follows 179 fatal crashes in 2024, which resulted in 306 deaths, and 197 fatal crashes in 2023, which killed 310 people, according to NTSB data.
