AIRPLANE CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES

Todd County Sheriff Pete Mikkelson said two people died in the small plane crash near Cushing northwest of Browerville in Turtle Creek Township. A Civil Air Patrol crew spotted the plane Wednesday afternoon just after 4pm. 22-year old University of North Dakota flight instructor Annette Kosterman and 20-year old aviation student Adam Ostapenko left St. Paul just before 9:30pm Tuesday night heading for Grand Forks. Sheriff Mikkelson told the Brainerd Dispatch no one knows what caused the crash yet. Minneapolis air trafic controllers last spoke to the pilot around 10:15pm Tuesday on a routine conversation as the plane was flying through the Little Falls area.