These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others, and their loss is felt deeply across the Navajo Nation,” Buu Nygren, the Navajo Nation president, wrote in a statement.

Four people were killed when a medical transport plane crashed and caught fire in Arizona, authorities said. The Beechcraft 300 crashed Tuesday afternoon while landing at the Chinle Municipal Airport, in the Navajo Nation, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A medical transport plane, en route to pick up a patient, tragically crashed and caught fire near the Chinle Municipal Airport in Arizona, resulting in the deaths of all four individuals aboard. The devastating incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon,