{"id":1474,"date":"2026-05-14T18:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:01:35","slug":"medical-plane-crash-in-new-mexico-kills-4-faa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Medical plane crash in New Mexico kills 4, FAA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1473\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f0626dd04d08c1b689e58e6788a92343.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f0626dd04d08c1b689e58e6788a92343.webp 764w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f0626dd04d08c1b689e58e6788a92343-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><div><p><span>\u00a0A FAA flag is displayed at the Orville Wright Federal Building which houses the Federal Aviation Administration headquarters on June, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter\/Getty Images)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1471\">Food cravings at 3:45 pm aren\u2019t random, here\u2019s what your body may be warning you about<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>RUIDOSO, New Mexico<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A small medical aircraft crashed near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Thursday morning, killing all four people on board, officials reported.<\/p> <p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The cause of the crash remains unknown, according to Lincoln County Manager Jason Burns.<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The flight departed from Roswell Air Center and was headed to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1468\">How does a runoff election work in Texas?<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>A fire &#8220;associated&#8221; with the crash is estimated to be less than 5 acres, Burns said. The U.S. Forest Service is working with local agencies to suppress the fire.<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Conditions across southern New Mexico are hot and dry, with a red flag high fire risk warning issued for the Ruidoso area because of low humidity and wind gusts that could reach 35 mph.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1465\">11-year-old dead after being hit by truck outside Clute Intermediate School<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small medical aircraft crashed near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Thursday morning, killing all four people on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-mexico"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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