LAKE WALES (AP) -
A preliminary
report on a plane crash that killed a Kansas
family in Polk County
says the plane quickly began losing altitude after changing its flight path to
avoid bad weather.
The National Transportation Safety Board
issued its preliminary report Tuesday on the June 7 crash that killed Junction City businessman
Ronald Bramlage, his wife, Becky, and their four children.
The report does not discuss a cause of the
accident. Instead, it details what three witnesses saw or heard shortly before
the crash.
The Kansas City Star reports that one of the witnesses videotaped the plane as it
dropped straight down into a swampy area 50 miles southwest of Orlando.
A final report with a cause of the accident
is not expected to be released for several months.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
