Yuma Sector investigates plane crash near Yuma Road

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YUMA, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma Sector Border Patrol is investigating an ultralight aircraft crash after agents found it in a field near Yuma Road and Witerhaven Drive off Interstate 8 Thursday morning.

The Yuma Sector Evidence Team responded to the area and discovered the plane. Investigators found that the makeshift aircraft was designed to resemble “typical smuggling microlights” with a metal cage welded to the frame.

However, there were no drugs or people at the scene of the accident. The plane has been confiscated and the crash is still being investigated.

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