Officials have released new details of their investigation into a small plane crash that killed two men in Erie, Colorado, a crash that family members say was caused by sudden wind shear.

The Erie Police Department said that the plane went down just east of the runway at the Erie Municipal Airport on the afternoon of Oct. 19 . Both people aboard the ultralight VL-3 aircraft, Niles Tilenius of San Mateo County, Cali. and William Johnston of Hillsborough County, Fla., were killed.

Erie Police Department

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the crash and released the preliminary results on Monday.

According to the NTSB, multiple people witnessed the airplane approaching runway 34, but it didn't land. Instead, they say it leveled off and t

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