{"id":99817,"date":"2017-04-25T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99817"},"modified":"2017-04-25T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T02:15:20","slug":"pilot-killed-in-small-plane-crash-in-u-s-state-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/25\/pilot-killed-in-small-plane-crash-in-u-s-state-of-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot killed in small plane crash in U.S state of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99818\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/292278684_9224a76e12_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99818\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/292278684_9224a76e12_z.jpg\" alt=\"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also confirmed the accident, saying that the pilot reported a possible oil problem and a fire before the plane's crash. (Photo: Simon Allardice\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/292278684_9224a76e12_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/292278684_9224a76e12_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also confirmed the accident, saying that the pilot reported a possible oil problem and a fire before the plane&#8217;s crash. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/travelsofamonkey\/\">Simon Allardice\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HOUSTON\u2013A pilot was killed on Tuesday after his small plane crashed near Huntsville, a city in the eastern part of U.S. state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The twin-engine Cessna 421, which took off from a Houston Regional Airport, struck trees and caught fire before crashing into a pond near Huntsville around 10:30 a.m. local time, according to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).<\/p>\n<p>The plane was found upside down in the water and the body of the pilot was discovered hours later by divers from the crash site.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also confirmed the accident, saying that the pilot reported a possible oil problem and a fire before the plane&#8217;s crash.<\/p>\n<p>The real cause of the plane&#8217;s crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON\u2013A pilot was killed on Tuesday after his small plane crashed near Huntsville, a city in the eastern part of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":99818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[1464,18344],"class_list":["post-99817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-pilot","tag-small-plane-crashed","mauthors-xinhua-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}