KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A small plane crashed at the Charles B. Wheeler Aairport in downtown Kansas City Sunday afternoon, killing two people. KMBC Channel 9 reported the single-engine plane had just taken off when it crashed into a river levee about a quarter-mile away. The pilot radioed to the tower about problems involving the plane before the crashed and was trying to return to the airport when the plane crash. The pilot and the lone passenger both died in the wreck. Their names were released, but investigators say it was a man and a woman. Channel 9 reported the plane originally came to Kansas City from Purdue University in Indiana on Thursday.
Monday, Aug. 19, 5 p.m.
