3 dead in Georgia after small airplane crashes

Several male bodies were recovered in Georgia amid the wreckage of a small plane crash about five hours after the aircraft went missing Monday.

Three men died in the crash of a small airplane in southeast Georgia early Monday, a sheriff's office reported Monday.

The Evans County Sheriffs Office said the plane was reported missing around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Sheriff's deputies, assisted by the Georgia State Patrol and the Federal Aviation Administration, searched the area around the Claxton-Evans County Airport, roughly 50 miles west of Savannah.

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The plane was found around 5:30 a.m. with three adult males aboard. None survived, according to a sheriff's news release.

The National Transportation Board reported that the plane was a Piper PA-30.

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