By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A man lost his life after he stole a plane from an airport in Addison, Texas, then crashed it near the Texas–Oklahoma border.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the plane, a Cessna 172, on Wednesday, was stolen from the ATP Flight School at Addison Airport, about 15 miles north of downtown Dallas.
Our source, NBC News, reported that the pilot, identified as Logan Timothy James, 23, of Stokesdale, North Carolina, then flew the plane more than 80 miles northeast toward Paris, Texas, before it crashed near state border.
Stonix News learnt that Addison Airport told the station the plane departed the airport at 6:53 p.m. Wednesday.
It went down about 8:26 p.m. in an open field 9 miles northeast of Telephone, Texas; James was the only person on board.
It is not immediately clear whether the pilot radioed for help or declared an emergency before he crashed.
As of when filing this report, the National Transportation Safety Board, with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration, was leading the investigation.
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