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Small plane carrying 2 crashes in Everglades

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MIAMI (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating after a small plane carrying two people crashed in a remote area of South Florida.

Local media outlets report neither passenger was injured in the Thursday night crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the passengers onboard the Piper PA-28 aircraft reported engine problems before the plane went down in the Everglades just before 8 p.m., about 8 miles south of Miami Executive Airport.