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Plane crash northeast of Orlando under investigation

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Posted 11:14PM on Saturday 15th June 2002 ( 22 years ago )
OSTEEN, FLORIDA - Authorities retrieved the bodies Saturday of two women and one man who were killed in a small plane crash, officials said. <br> <br> The Piper Malibu crashed in a remote sod farm 25 miles northeast of Orlando Friday night, according to the Volusia County Sheriff&#39;s Office. Witnesses said the plane had part of its right wing missing when it went down. <br> <br> The pilot has been identified as Calvin M. Miller, 60, with homes in Naples and Atlanta. Miller&#39;s mother, Addie K. Stonesifer, 86, of Salisbury, N.C., was a passenger in the plane. The third victim is believed to be a 53-year-old woman whose next of kin had not been notified late Saturday, said Gary Davidson, spokesman for the sheriff&#39;s office. <br> <br> The plane was reportedly flying at 26,000 feet when it disappeared from radar at Orlando International Airport. <br> <br> Davidson said the plane was believed to be headed to South Florida, though details about its exact point of departure or destination were not finalized Saturday. <br> <br> Local law enforcement agents and officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating. <br> <br> A duty officer with the FAA referred calls to the NTSB regional office in Miami, which did not immediately return a message.

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