BAY CITY, Wis. — Authorities in western Wisconsin say two people are dead after their plane crashed in a field near Red Wing Tuesday.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, authorities responded to reports of a plane crash about a half mile west of the Red Wing Regional Airport, located on Highway 35 in Bay City, Wisconsin.
Officials say the plane, a 2012 Glass Air Super II SFT, left the Rochester airport just before 12:20 p.m. for a training flight, and crashed in the field around 1:40 p.m. The two people have been identified as John Zeman, 28, and Ethan Smith, 20, both from Rochester.
The sheriff's office says the Federal Aviation Administration and National Traffic Safety Board are investigating.
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