FAA: 4 dead in Chicago-area plane crash (AP)

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. ? Authorities say four people are dead after a small plane crashed into a field near the northwestern Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham (EYE'-sham) Cory says the crash happened about 10:30 a.m. Saturday in unincorporated McHenry County. All four people on board were killed.

Cory says the plane was operating by so-called "visual flight rules," meaning the pilot looked out the window to see where he was headed. The plane was not in touch with air traffic control. Conditions in the area have been overcast and rainy.

The aircraft was a Cirrus-SR22 registered to the Marion Flying Club in Marion, Ind.

Officials say they don't yet know where the plane originated or where it was headed.

The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation.

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Report: Millions of birds killed by power lines

Tens of millions of flamingos, storks, pelicans and other migratory birds are being killed across the world when they fly into power lines, according to a new study.

The AFP news agency reported that wildfires had been caused in dry areas of the United States and Eastern Europe by birds hitting power lines, then falling to the ground in flames.

The study was published at Convention on Migratory Species in Bergen, Norway, according the news agency.

Tens of millions of birds are killed in collisions and hundreds of thousands are electrocuted in Africa and Eurasia, the study said.

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Dutch ornithologist Hein Prinsen, who took part in the study, told AFP that "collision and electrocution are among the most important human-related causes for bird mortality," along with hunting.

Solution needed
There are about 43 million miles of power lines in the world, the news agency reported.

"Today, Eastern Europe is a hot spot for problems, for great bustards and birds of prey for example," John O'Sullivan, an ex-member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, told AFP.

"But the worst situation may well be soon to be found in India and Africa where vast amounts of power lines are being built and where there are very large populations of birds," he added.

O'Sullivan said it "completely makes sense" to try to solve the problem because power outages resulting from collisions had a "high costs for society."

AFP said that 12 percent of blue cranes died annually after flying into power lines in South Africa. The blue crane is that country's national bird.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45443549/ns/world_news-world_environment/

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