Weather may be the main culprit in Wednesday's fatal plane crash

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Weather may be the main culprit in Wednesday's fatal plane crash

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Investigators

from the National Transportation Safety Board and the

Federal Aviation Administration are still sifting through

the wreckage to determine what caused Wednesday morning's

plane crash that took the lives of two Senoia residents.

Steven

DiStevano and Steven Gurley both died early Wednesday

morning when the Piper Navajo Chieftan plane DiStevano

was piloting went down within a half mile of the

Newnan-Coweta Airport near Moreland.

Coweta

County Sheriff Mike Yeager said his department received a

911 call at 5:30 a.m. reporting a possible airplane crash

near the airport. Officials from the Sheriff's

Department, the Fire Department and emergency services

responded to the scene within minutes and discovered the

wreckage of the plane just south of the airport.

Yeager said

that, while the investigation is in the hands of federal

officials now, the crash could be weather related since

there was heavy fog Wednesday morning.

The flight

originated at the Coweta County airport and was

apparently returning from a cargo drop-off when the crash

occurred, the sheriff added.

DiStevano

worked for a company that delivered copies of the New

York Times, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today to

several Southeastern markets, said Yeager.

DiStevano

and Gurley were roommates at a Lawshe Road address in

Senoia and were believed to be in their middle 30s.

The sheriff

did not know when the federal investigation would be

completed and results would be released to the public.

Yeager said

this is the first fatality at the airport in more than 30

years.

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