A plane has crashed outside of Apache Junction in the Superstition Mountains, and numerous authorities are responding to the scene.
According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, there have been numerous reports of an airplane-related incident.
A crash in the highlands was confirmed by an air support chopper.
Federal Aviation Administration officials identified the plane as a single-engine aircraft that took off from Falcon Field Airport in Mesa earlier in the morning.
Two people were onboard the aircraft. Authorities have not disclosed their identities at this time.
The sheriff’s office says the FAA has been contacted.
The PCSO said that they will share more information as details are confirmed. At this time it the make and model of the aircraft are unknown, as are the conditions of any people that may have been on board.
