Girl crawls from plane crash that killed her father

A teenage girl managed to escape from the wreckage of a plane crash that killed her dad.

Anabeth Hamilton, 14, crawled out of the wreckage after the plane crashed into mountains in Idaho, and managed to call emergency services.

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Travis Hamilton, a private jet salesman, was flying the Aviat Husky A1-C plane when it crashed, reports the Mirror.

Friends flying in a second plane saw the crash and also called 911.

Travis died at the scene.

The Bonneville County Sheriff's department wrote on its website: "We responded to a plane that had crashed in the mountains around Palisades Reservoir near Sheep Creek.

"A juvenile female was air lifted to EIRMC and the male pilot was pronounced dead on scene."

It added on Facebook that Travis' body had now been recovered.

Anabeth escaped with minor injuries and is recovering at home in Oklahoma.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Christopher McCord, a friend of Travis', paid tribute online, writing: "As long as I've known Travis, since 7th grade, he loved aeroplanes and flying. I will miss seeing his daily flying adventures on here, so very sad right now."

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.


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