The men who died Wednesday in an airplane crash into the Columbia River in the Tri-Cities were friends from Sonoma, Calif., flying to an event in Idaho. The pilot was Randy J. Peterson, 64, and his passenger was Eric Wayne Houston, 50, said Franklin County Coroner Curtis McGary.

Pasco residents are being asked to conserve water after a small plane crashed into the Columbia River and caused a power outage in Kennewick.

In August 1979, Pakhtakor's squad boarded a plane to play Dinamo Minsk in the Soviet Top League. The flight never reached its destination