World War II-Style Aircraft Crashes Near San Antonio

At least one person was killed in the crash of a World War II-style aircraft that crashed near San Antonio in a large wooded area.

San Antonio fire spokeswoman Deborah Foster says emergency crews reported no survivors at the site of the downed aircraft near Government Canyon State Natural Area, about 30 miles northwest of San Antonio. She said crew members were not certain the number of people killed as the aircraft was a two-seater.

Initial reports indicate that the plane crashed around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Crews searching around the 12,000-acre-plus natural area found the downed plane described by a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman as an experimental Thunder Mustang kit plane resembling a P-51 Mustang single-engine fighter aircraft.

Editor's Note: In a story Feb. 25 about a deadly plane crash, The Associated Press, relying on information from local and federal authorities, erroneously reported the plane's location. The plane crashed near Government Canyon State Natural Area, not in it.

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