Plane That Crashed in Witchita Showed No Issues: NTSB

The small plane that crashed into a Kansas airport building Thursday, killing four people and injuring five more, underwent two maintenance flights before takeoff and wasn't malfunctioning in any way, investigators said at a press conference Friday. The pilot, Mark Goldstein, who was the only person in the plane, had more than 3,000 hours of logged flying experience, NTSB Investigator Josh Lindberg said. NTSB investigators could not gain access to the crash site Friday because part of the building was not structurally sound, a factor that also kept rescue crews from recovering the bodies of the four victims, a spokesperson for the City of Wichita said.

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