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Southern Illinoisans Killed in MO Plane Crash

Federal authorities continue an investigation into a small aircraft crash in northeast Missouri that claimed the lives of two men from southern Illinois.

The Quincy Herald-Whig reports that authorities identified the victims as 74-year-old John R. Johnson of Carbondale, Ill., and 47-year-old Carl S. Maiden of DuQuoin, Ill.

The accident happened Wednesday night. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says the cause isn't yet known but the FAA is investigating. It wasn't clear which man was the pilot.

Molinaro said the Piper Apache plane did not have a flight plan. Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish says it is believed the plane took off from an airport in Pinckneyville, Ill., and was en route to an antique air show in Iowa.

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