1 dead, 1 injured after small plane crashes near metro Atlanta airport

One man is dead and one is injured after a small plane crashed in Gwinnett County on Tuesday.

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The location is near the south side of the Gwinnett County airport.

Channel 2 Action News will have more details on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.

A Gwinnett County Fire Dept. spokesperson said the call came at around 5:30 p.m.

Emergency responders went to the site on Old Athens Highway, where they found two males trapped in a single-engine aircraft.

One person was quickly rescued from the aircraft and taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The second person on the plane, found on the left side of the aircraft, was found dead.

The Gwinnett County Fire spokesperson said the aircraft was attempting to land at the airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are taking over the investigation.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of the story incorrectly identified the training center.

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