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Warning Issued to Small Jet Just Before Crash

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From Times Wire Reports

Moments before the crash of a corporate airplane that killed all eight people on board, the control tower had warned the crew that the plane was too low, a federal safety official said.

The plane, owned by electronics retailer Circuit City, was at 300 feet at the time, but should have been at least 900 feet above the ground as it approached the Pueblo airport, said chief crash investigator Frank Hilldrup of the National Transportation Safety Board. The twin-jet Cessna Citation C-560 was stopping to refuel when it crashed Wednesday during a flight from Virginia to California.

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