A small plane flying from New Jersey to Minnesota crashed in poor weather Thursday, killing at least seven people.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said the plane went down at or near Degner Regional Airport, about 60 miles south of the Twin Cities. A line of storm thunderstorms was moving across southern Minnesota at the time.
Cory said authorities believe the aircraft was en route from Atlantic City, N.J., but cautioned that the information was preliminary.
The flight-tracking Web site FlightAware.com showed a Raytheon Hawker 800 was due to arrive in Owatonna from Atlantic City at 9:42 a.m. Thursday. The plane was scheduled to leave an hour …

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