40-year-old plane wreck on North Carolina mountain removed over safety concerns

The wreckage of a plane that crashed in 1983 in a mountainous area of North Carolina was removed due to safety concerns on Tuesday, June 27, according to the National Park Service (NPS). These photos show the fuselage being airlifted from the crash site and onto a staging area, NPS said. The Cessna 414A plane crashed in November of 1983, killing both people on board, according to an accident report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The land where the plane crashed was donated to Blue Ridge Parkway in 2016, park officials said. Credit: National Park Service via Storyful