This browser does not support the Video element.
Plane crash kills 3 people
Three people were on board a plane that crashed in Oconee County on Tuesday. No one survived.
OCONEE COUNTY, Ga. - The Oconee County Sheriff's Office said three people are dead after a single-engine plane crash in a remote part of the county on Tuesday afternoon.
The plane crashed about 1,550-feet off of Elder Road just south of Maxey Raod. The FAA said they lost contact with the 1984 Piper Malibu Mirage around 4:35 p.m. as it flew from Columbia, South Carolina to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
This browser does not support the Video element.
Plane crash in Oconee County
Oconee County deputies and fire-rescue are on the scene of a plane crash
Initial reports from deputies were the plane was "fully involved, secondary explosions." Emergency crews have not elaborated on those initial comments.
SKYFOX 5 flew over the area where the plane went down around 5:45 p.m. and could see multiple crews canvassing a wooded area.
The plane came to rest near an unnamed lake between two homes off Elder Road. Crews were forced to get to the wreck from driveway while one of those homes while also using a private property access across the street from the end of Berta Drive, trudging more than 800-feet into the woods.
The names of those killed have not been released.
This browser does not support the Video element.
Deadly plane crash
Oconee County officials are investigating a deadly plane crash
The FAA and NTSB will be investigating.