Chamblee: A small plane fell after taking off Friday afternoon from the suburban airport in the northeast suburb of Atlanta, killing the four people on board, the authorities said.
The federal flight administration said the single Cessna 210 engine fell around 1:10 a.m.
At Dekalb-Peachtree airport and burning.
The four people on board died, said a spokesman for a regional fire.
At least 15 firefighters who were placed at the district-owned airport ran to the runway and issued a relatively fast flame, according to regional fire department officials, captain Jaeson Daniels, talked to Atlanta’s constitutions.
Officials did not immediately release their identity killed.
The airport is arranged at more than 700 hectares (280 hectares) less than 10 miles (16 kilometers) from Atlanta city center.
With an average of around 209,000 take off and landing over the past three decades, it is the second busiest airport in the state behind the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, according to its website.
FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board would lead an investigation.
There is no direct indication of what an accident might occur.