PHOENIX (Reuters) ? Six people on board a small twin-engine plane appear to have been killed when it crashed and broke apart on impact in a remote area of the Superstition Mountains just east of Phoenix on Wednesday, officials said.
There were no signs of any survivors among the six people who were on board the plane, which ignited a wildfire when it crashed, said Elias Johnson, a spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
Live images on local 12 News showed a fire blazing in a darkened landscape, surrounded by smaller points of flame. It was not possible to make out the shape or form of an aircraft or any debris.
The plane involved was a Rockwell AC69 that took off from Falcon Field, in the Phoenix valley, said Allen Kenitzer, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The crash occurred near a remote summit in the Superstition Mountains called Flat Iron, Johnson said. The Superstition Mountains are 45 miles east of Phoenix.
An officer with the Arizona Department of Public Safety was dropped into the area by helicopter to assess the situation, and a 12-person search and rescue team will make a hike of about six hours to reach the crash site, Johnson said.
The plane was registered to Safford, Arizona-based Ponderosa Aviation, which is an air charter firm. It has eight full-time pilots and has been in operation since 1974, according to the company's website.
(Reporting by David Schwartz and Tim Gaynor, Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis, Editing by )
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