A tragic incident occurred on Thursday (March 13) when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from Mesquite Metro Airport in Texas, resulting in the death of the pilot. The aircraft, a Cessna ...

MESQUITE, Texas — One person died after a small plane crashed into a wooded area in Mesquite, east of Dallas, on Thursday, officials said.

One person, the pilot, died in the crash, Mesquite police said in a press release. The pilot was the only person onboard the plane at the time of the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in ...

The Mesquite Fire Department confirmed the plane crashed around 7:30 a.m. in a wooded area near Lawson and Clay Mathis roads.