3 in Family Survive Plane Crash; 5 Die
A family of three walked away with only minor injuries from a fiery plane crash that killed the other five people on board, officials said.
The British Aerospace Jetstream 41, which can carry 29 passengers, crashed Friday night about half a mile from Port Columbus International Airport, where it was preparing to land after a flight from Washington, D.C.
Federal Aviation Administration investigators said they had recovered the flight recorder from the wreckage of United Express Flight 6291 but made no other comment.
All three crew members and two passengers were killed.
The survivors were 5-year-old Yee Sun Lai; her father, Ki Ping Lai, 45; and her mother, Siew Chew Ling, 43, all from Taiwan, said Mark Hopkins, spokesman at Mt. Carmel East Hospital in Columbus. All were treated for minor injuries and released.
The plane hit the ground in a wooded area, cartwheeled about 300 feet into a single-story, cinder block building and caught fire, a highway patrol trooper said.
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