Retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in US plane crash

A business jet crashed on Thursday while trying to return to a North Carolina airport shortly after take-off, killing all seven people aboard, including retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family, authorities said. The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground. It had departed Statesville Regional Airport, about 72km (45 miles) north of Charlotte, but soon crashed while trying to return and land, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. Flight records show the plane...