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Four people died in a plane crash in Chinle, Ariz., on Tuesday, Aug. 5

The plane was a medical transport aircraft heading to pick up a patient at a nearby hospital, the Navajo Police Department said in a news release

All four people were described by authorities as being non-local and have yet to be identified

Four people died after a medical transport plane crashed in Chinle, Ariz.

A small dual-propeller medical transport plane crashed and caught fire near the Chinle Airport at approximately 12:40 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Navajo Police Department (NPD) said in a Facebook news release.

The plane was on the way to pick up a patient from a nearby hospital when the deadly crash took place.

All four people were non-local and have yet to be identified, autho

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