Video: FAA Investigators On Scene At Tupelo Crash

TUPELO (WCBI) – FAA Investigators are on the ground in Tupelo to begin the task of figuring out what caused a Texas plane to crash just  after takeoff Monday morning.  The Kerrville, Texas based private plane went down just North of the runway moments after it took off for a flight to Charlottesville, Virginia.   Witnesses say the plane climbed some then nosedived into the ground. Tupelo Fire Department units say the plane caught fire on impact . Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green says all four people on board died in the crash.  The bodies are being sent to Jackson for an autopsy.

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