Authorities say four people died in a small plane crash Thursday night in Jefferson County, Wash. There were no survivors.
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The wreckage was found in woods Friday morning using radar forensics data and the plane’s emergency location transmitter, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
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The names of the victims have not yet been released. Officials said more information would be released at a later time by law enforcement or the medical examiner’s office.
The plane, a single-engine Cessna, left Boeing Field in Seattle around 6 p.m. Thursday headed for Port Angeles. The plane lost contact with air traffic control at 6:44 p.m. in the Dabob Bay area, east of Quilcene.
The Federal Aviation Administration then contacted WSDOT which is the agency in charge of all aerial search and rescues in the state.
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