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OH officials confirm nine dead in fiery jet crash

June Dunban said she hears planes all the time and thought nothing of it when she heard one Tuesday afternoon.

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The company issued a statement saying it was a time of unimaginable loss and mourning and is providing support to the families of those who died.

The cockpit voice recorder from the aircraft was sent Wednesday to a lab for analysis, and investigators expected to begin recovering parts of the plane on Thursday, said Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.

A small jet crashed into a four-family apartment complex Tuesday in Akron, going down in a plume of black smoke and setting the apartments on fire, Ohio State Highway Patrol officials said. The left wing hit the ground, leaving a mark as the plane smashed into the apartments.

Haymaker says no one was at home in the building that was destroyed and there are no known injuries on the ground.

The plane, which made no distress signals, crashed into a residential apartment building, destroying several apartments. The 38-year-old factory worker says he saw flames as he drove toward home, and a bystander explained that a plane had just crashed.

The plane burst into flames and disintegrated. A utility wire was also hit.

While experts from the Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB investigate what brought the plane down, firefighters were on site starting the recovery process, Akron fire Lt. Sierjie Lash said.

Nine people died in a fiery business jet crash in OH, state officials confirmed on Wednesday, as an investigation into the reasons for the jet’s crash continued.

Bartley said it’s a tough situation to comprehend.

Rader and eleven other displaced tenants are being assisted by the Red Cross.

Dr. Lisa Kohler with the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office says a forensic anthropology team of 22 from Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA has arrived in Akron to help.

A small plane has crashed into a northeast OH apartment building.

NEW HARTFORD, NY- A New Hartford native was killed in a plane crash in Ohio.

He added that his next-door neighbor is also usually home during the day, but she happened to be out because she took her dog to the pet store.

Along with mechanical issues, investigators are looking into what role weather might have played in the crash.

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