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As reported
JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) - Sheriff's officials say two people have died in the crash of an ultralight plane into a river in southern Wisconsin.
Jefferson County Sheriff Paul Milbrath said in a statement Wednesday the pilot, 51-year-old David Plambeck of Edgerton and his passenger 16-year-old Max Burlingame of Fort Atkinson died when the aircraft went down in the Rock River near Jefferson Tuesday night.
The ultralight had taken off from Fort Atkinson Airport just before it crashed about 8 p.m. The sheriff says the plane was nearly submerged when first responders arrived. Recreational boaters on the river helped emergency responders pull the two from the plane. They were pronounced dead by the Jefferson County medical examiner.
Federal aviation officials will investigate
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Woe, not good. Anyone know who it was? I'm curious about the bang she heard. You'd think that wasn't the sound of the trike hitting the water.
51-year-old David Plambeck of Edgerton and his passenger 16-year-old Max Burlingame of Fort Atkinson
Tragic
Very tragic.
Man, we as a group aren't having a good run lately. Very sorry to hear that we've lost more of the clan. Condolences to those who knew them.
Im so sorry...