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Nov 15, 2007 11:07 pm US/Central

3 Killed In Central Texas Plane Crash

ABILENE, Texas (AP) ―    A flight instructor from Texas and two students from Italy were killed Thursday afternoon when their small plane crashed in Eastland County.

   The three were on their way from Arlington to Abilene when the Piper single engine fixed wing crashed just after 3 p.m., Senior Trooper Sparky Dean of the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release.

   The two people in the front seat were instructor Robert William Davey, 29, of DeSoto, and Luca Visani, of Cesena, Italy. Andrea Venturini, of Mantova, Italy, was in the back seat, Dean said. No age was available for the two from Italy.

   Witnesses said that the plane came apart before it hit the ground, Dean said. Troopers said that the debris field was about a square mile.

   The plane crashed 1 1/2-miles south of Interstate 20 near Texas Highway 16, about nine miles from the airport in Ranger, the news release said.

   The victims were confirmed dead at the scene. The bodies have been taken to the Tarrant County Medical Examiners Office for autopsies.

   Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating, Dean said.

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