The 10-seater plane came down on approach to an airport near the city of Akron.
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The crash is thought to have killed the pilot, co-pilot and seven passengers on board the jet, which reportedly could carry up to 10 people. Investigators were trying to determine how many p… “I ran outside”, Scott Ferrell said. The plane and building burst into flames. The authorities earlier said that there were at least two deaths.
“We are shocked and deeply saddened for the families, colleagues and friends of those who perished”, the statement says.
According to Haymaker, there were no reports of any injuries on the ground.
However he would not release their names. The jet was on the second leg of a charter that began on Monday, Lewkowicz said, noting that there was no indication before the crash that anything was wrong.
A news conference with the Federal Aviation Administration, Akron Police Department, Akron Fire Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office are now underway, as investigators continue to process Tuesday’s plane crash scene in Akron. The head of the team also worked on recovering the remains of the passengers from Flight 93 after it crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11. Then, from Dayton, it traveled again going to Akron, but instead of landing on the right runway, at the Dayton global Airport, it hit the residential area.
The aircraft clipped telephone or electrical wires, Haymaker said, before plowing into the building – originally described as a “home” – and then an embankment.
The family says when they heard details of the plane crash, they pieced everything together and are confident their 50-year-old sister, Diane Smoot, was on board the plane.
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Carrie Willis, who lives several blocks away said “I heard a big bang, and my couch shook twice”.
