Video shows 'rapid descent' in Utah crash
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The National Transportation Safety Board says security camera footage captured the "rapid descent" of a small plane just before it crashed at a southern Utah airport last month, killing all four young men aboard.
The NTSB says in its preliminary report that the video shows the plane making a "rapid ascent" as it took off from the St. George airport on May 26. After disappearing from the camera's view, the single-engine Cessna 172S reappears farther away about seven seconds later in a "rapid descent."
The report says the plane crashed about 525 feet from the edge of the runway. Its reported destination was Mesquite.
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The victims were Colby Hafen and Christopher Chapman, both of Santa Clara; Tanner Holt of Washington City; and Alexander Metzger of St. George.