No names have been released.
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Flight records show the plane originated in Cincinnati before stopping at Dayton worldwide Airport.
According to the FAA, the plane crashed as it approached Akron Fulton global Airport.
No one on the ground was hurt.
A mass-fatality team planned to begin working at daylight Wednesday to sift through the wreckage and recover bodies of the victims.
New information is expected at noon Wednesday about the plane that left Dayton and crashed into an Akron apartment house.
Pebb Enterprises, based in Boca Raton, said on its website that two executives and five employees died Tuesday afternoon when the plane crashed and burst into flames. Investigators were trying to determine how many people were…
“We are shocked and deeply saddened for the families, colleagues and friends of those who perished”, the statement read.
Officials continue to investigate the cause of the crash.
The Summit County coroner on Wednesday sought the expertise of a forensics team from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. The team specializes in crime scene and airplane crash recoveries of human remains. What McVeigh didn’t expect was a flash of light from a Hawker H25 business jet streaming through her window and streaking across her face before the jet smashed into her apartment complex. But its CEO, Danny Lewkowicz, told both WOIO and CNN affiliate WEWS that nine people were on the plane, including a pilot and co-pilot.
Family members identified Diane Smoot of Florida as one of nine people killed in the crash.
No one survived a plane crash that destroyed a home in Akron, Ohio State Highway Patrol said during a press conference Tuesday.
All seven passengers and two crew members were reportedly killed. She said her sister was traveling with company executives and they were searching for real estate development sites to purchase.
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Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration were on their way to the accident site and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The plane crashed about 2 miles away from a small Akron airport where it was to land.
