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The plane was landing at Chinle Municipal Airport in the Navajo Nation in Arizona to pick up a patient for a medical transfer. It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash.
Aug. 5, 2025, 8:43 p.m. ET
Four people were killed when a medical transport plane they were in crashed and caught fire while landing at an airport in the Navajo Nation in Arizona on Tuesday, the authorities said.
The plane, a Beechcraft 300, was landing at Chinle Municipal Airport to pick up a patient for a medical transfer when it crashed, said Emmett Yazzie, a commander in the Navajo Nation Police Department.
The plane crashed around 12:40 p.m. local time, the department said in a statement on social media.
The plane, a small dual-propeller medical transport plane, was owned by CSI Aviation, a company based in Albuquerque. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday evening.
The four people on board were professional medical staff members with CSI Aviation, Mr. Yazzie said.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash, the police said. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said they would investigate the crash.
Chinle Municipal Airport is a small airport in Apache County, Ariz.
This is a developing story.
Hannah Ziegler is a general assignment reporter for The Times, covering topics such as crime, business, weather, pop culture and online trends.
