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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado uthorities say one person is dead in the crash of a twin-engine cargo plane that disappeared from radar on approach to the airport in Englewood, Colorado.
Fire spokesman Andy Lyon says searchers found the plane by air about seven a-m, and moved in by foot and all-terrain vehicle to get to the crash site by about 7:45.
Rugged terrain and poor weather hampered efforts to reach the wreckage. Lyon described the plane as "pretty much smashed to bits."
Airport officials reported just after two a-m that they'd lost radar contact with a plane preparing to land. The plane was a 1981 turbo prop Mitsubishi M-U-Two-B-60, owned by Watkins, Colorado-based Flightline Incorporated.
Fire officials say the flight from Salt Lake City was carrying canceled checks.
The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Reserve are investigating. Flightline officials declined comment, and hung up. The same company owned an identical plane that crashed last December near Greenwood Village-based First Data Corporation.
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