Tragedy as three killed in Nashville plane crash as debris is found across half-mile long stretch

Three people have been killed after a plane crashed in Franklin, Tennessee. 

The single-engine Beechcraft V35 went down in Williamson County around midday on Wednesday.

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office launched a desperate search for the aircraft's the occupants but later announced there were no survivors. 

Williamson County Sheriff Mark Elrod said while officials were at first hopeful, it was soon realized it was unlikely those on board would be found alive. 

'It was quickly evident that this would be a search-and-recovery operation, not a search-and-rescue operation,' Elrod said in a news briefing on Wednesday evening.

Officials said that the  

The incident is being investigated by the FAA, the Sheriff's Office and National Transportation Safety Board. 

This is a developing story