Two Texas pilots killed in a Georgia business jet crash – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

Thomson, Georgia (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A Texas man was identified as one of two pilots killed in a business plane crash in Georgia on October 5.

63-year-old Claude Duchenne, according to the McDuffie County Coroner’s Office in El Paso, Texas. Raymond Buckman, 73, of Arizona, died in a crash.

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The plane disembarked in the field Tuesday morning, the Augusta Chronicle reported.

A National Transportation Safety Board official said the aircraft was the Dassault Falcon 20.

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Major Ronnie Williamson, McDuffy County Sheriff, said the sheriff’s agent had been informed that the plane went missing at around 6:30 a.m. They searched the area and found debris in the fields.

The plane appeared to be entering Thomson-McDuffie County Airport.

Federal Aviation Administration officials said the plane flew from Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock, Texas.

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