TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Six people died when a small plane crashed in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., Northport Fire officials said.
The three married couples were on their way to Oxford, Miss., after a dentistry conference in Florida when the plane experienced engine trouble and crashed in a field near Tuscloosa Regional Airport.
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The pilot sent out a distress signal moment before the crash, officials said.
Dentists Jason and Lea Farese; fellow dentist Austin Poole and his wife Angie; periodontist Michael Perry, and Kimberly Perry, a nurse were all killed in the crash.
Federal Aviation Administration were at the scene Sunday, with National Transportation Safety Board officials due to arrive on Monday.
