A small plane aborted its landing and crashed into trees Friday at the edge of a northern Virginia airport, killing at least two people, state police said.
Shocked witnesses on a train going by the crash site described the plane in flames and said it had been completely destroyed. Police are still working to confirm how many people were on board the aircraft and where it originated. Authorities have not identified the victims.
The plane came to the end of the runway at the Shannon Airport near Fredericksburg and then pulled back up, flying to the end of the airport property, State Police Spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in an email. It struck the tree line, crashed and immediately caught fire.
Tanya Aquino of Washington was on an Amtrak train to Richmond when the train stopped. A conductor first said there was a fire, then said there had been a plane crash.
The train rode past the crash site and Aquino said she saw flames, smoke, several rescue vehicles and the remains of the plane just beyond the tree line.
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