UPDATED: Here's the Flight Pattern Preceding the Victoria Plane Crash

 

VICTORIA, TX — A plane that crashed Wednesday afternoon in Victoria followed a looping flight path prior to the incident, according to flight tracking data.

Flight tracking data also shows that the plane departed just before 10 a.m. and was reportedly in the air for five hours. 

The plane’s path, which includes loops and backtracking. 

The plane’s path, which includes loops and backtracking. 

The crash, reported at around 3 p.m., also involved three vehicles at the intersection, according to the Victoria Police Department. Authorities have confirmed that five people were involved. Four individuals have been transported for medical care, with three suffering non-life-threatening injuries and one taken to an out-of-town hospital for higher-level treatment. The pilot is also being evaluated.

You can watch the flight pattern as it unfolds here. The aircraft has been identified as a 1981 Piper PA-31-350, a fixed-wing, multi-engine plane with a seating capacity of eight and two engines.

Further updates will be provided as information becomes available.

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