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JACKSON, Tennessee (CNN) -- A small plane crashed into a wooded area of western Tennessee on Sunday, killing all five people aboard.

Authorities were notified of the crash at 4:33 p.m. (5:33 p.m. EDT), said Kurt Pickering, a spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

The twin-engine Cessna Citation departed Malden, Missouri, en route to Atlanta, but reported engine trouble and diverted to McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport in Jackson.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), June 04, 2001