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(KLZA)-- Two men were found dead the wreckage of a small plane about a mile south of the Auburn, Nebraska airport Wednesday night.
A news release from the Nemaha County Sheriff's Department said the office received a 9-1-1 call at 11:00 p.m. regarding a missing plane that had departed Lincoln for the Auburn airport and was to return to Lincoln, but had not returned.
Deputies located the wrecked plane. Both occupants, 24-year-old Colton Hill, of Kearney, Nebraska and 41-year-old Dustin Biegler of Valperaiso, Nebraska were found dead in the wreckage.
Auburn Fire and Rescue responded to the scene.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board have been notified and will conduct the investigation into the plane crash.
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