Three Alabama teens killed in plane crash
3,991 views · Published 4 February 2013 · 0:23 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2013 · News & Politics
Three teenage boys are dead after a small plane crashed shortly after take off in Jasper, northwest of Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday night. The Walker County Coroner's Office has identified the three teens. Jordan Montgomery, 17, Jordan Smith, 17, and Brandon Ary, 19, died when the twin-engine Piper PA-30 Comanche crashed only a mile from the Walker County airport. According to the Walker County Sheriff's Office, the three teens may have taken the plane on a "joyride." Authorities are still investigating the crash site. The plane crashed about a mile southwest of the Walker County airport around 10:40pm Tuesday, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A spokesman for the NTSB said the aircraft went into instrument meteorological conditions, meaning the bad weather conditions forced the pilot to fly mostly using instruments. One of the leading causes of small aircraft crashes is flying into instrument meteorological conditions.
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