Air Force: Engine failure led to crash

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - The Air Force says that dual engine failure caused the crash of an A-10C fighter plane in rural Georgia last year.

The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft last September when it crashed in a private, wooded area in Cook County about 20 miles from Moody Air Force Base.

A report released Wednesday by the Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board at Virginia's Langley Air Force Base says the pilot was unable to successfully recover the plane's engines after they stalled.

Officials say the pilot did not sustain serious injuries and valued the loss of the aircraft at $14.7 million and environmental clean-up costs of about $150,000.

The Air Force had said that the plane had no ordnance on board.