Plane from Dallesport with 3 on board crashes in eastern Oregon

Published 10:20 pm Sunday, June 12, 2011

KENNEWICK — Authorities have found the wreckage of an airplane that crashed in rugged terrain in eastern Oregon.

The Tri-City Herald reports that the plane was reported missing early Sunday with three people on board. There was no information released Sunday evening about survivors.

Umatilla County Emergency Management officials say the plane was bound for Wyoming after taking off from Dallesport, Wash.

The Civil Air Patrol found the wreckage near Ukiah, about 50 miles south of Pendleton.

Officials say Federal Aviation Agency investigators were en route to the scene of the crash.

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Information from: Tri-City Herald, http://www.tri-cityherald.com