LIVE: NTSB provides update on Statesville plane crash investigation

Federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are giving an update on the Statesville, North Carolina plane crash that killed seven people, including NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, two of their children and three others.

The first NTSB briefing
Federal officials with the National Transportation Safety Board provided new details Friday about the plane crash that killed seven people, including NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina and two of his children, at Statesville Regional Airport on Thursday.

A Cessna C550 aircraft carrying Biffle's family crashed at the Statesville Regional Airport at approximately 10:15 a.m. Thursday. Records show the plane was heading to Florida.

During a news briefing in Statesville on Friday, NTSB board member Michael Graham said investigators recovered the plane's cockpit voice recorder, known commonly as the "black box," from the wreckage. Graham said the recorder is being sent to Washington, D.C. for further analysis. Graham explained that the plane wasn't required to have a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder.

Graham said while a preliminary report could come in as little as 30 days, the full NTSB report on the crash won't be available until at least 12-18 months, which is standard procedure. Statesville's airport remains closed until further notice and is expected to remain closed through at least Saturday.

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