3 killed in plane crash in Georgia Mountains

BLAIRSVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) – A plane crash in the Georgia Mountains on Wednesday night has killed three people and seriously injured another person.

The plane went down in an open field near the Blairsville airport around 7:30 PM.

That is east of Blue Ridge and Ellijay and across the state line from Murphy, NC.

The survivor was airlifted to a trauma center and listed in critical condition.

Officials have identified the three victims who were killed were all from Blairsville.

56 year old Robert Atkinson

55 year old Renea Greiner

50 year old Michelle Seay

The plane was a single engine PA-28-181 Piper.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.

There was also another small plane crash on Thursday in Atlanta.

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ATLANTA (AP) – Atlanta’s fire department says no one on board survived after a small jet crashed near a county airport.

Atlanta Fire Rescue said in a brief statement that it’s working to confirm how many occupants were on board, but said no one survived the Thursday afternoon crash near the Fulton County Airport.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen tells The Associated Press that the crash involved a Cessna Citation V jet.

Bergen says the jet had departed from a runway there and went down about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) east of the airport shortly after noon. The airport itself is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of downtown Atlanta.

The fire department said early Thursday afternoon that firefighters were working to extinguish hot spots at the crash scene.

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