Small plane crashes in Akron, OH; all on board reported killed

The safety board said the aircraft had already received clearance for a final approach to the airport and had established a signal from the radio beacon used to guide planes to the end of the runway when it crashed about 2:50 p.m. Tuesday.

The Hawker H25 business jet crashed on approach to the airport in Akron, Ohio Tuesday, killing everyone on board: the pilot, co-pilot, and seven passengers, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Nobody was in the building when it was engulfed in flames.

Jason Bartley wasn’t home when his Akron apartment was destroyed in a fiery, deadly plane crash Tuesday because he was picking up the frozen turnovers at a Dollar General.

Investigators are searching for the aircraft’s ground proximity warning system and data engine computer for further analysis, Dinh-Zarr said.

Mangled metal is all that remains at the scene, and two days later, investigators with the NTSB are in the process of examining an overwhelming amount of evidence. Enlarge Scott Ferrell/AP All nine people on the plane died in the firey crash. 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. ExecuFlight, a Florida company that operated the plane, didn’t comment to CNN.

A benefit, Haymaker said, is the crash site is considered small and contained.

Dinh-Zarr says the crew could be heard discussing weather conditions, including the wind, along with landing.

That task will be aided by 22 people, including forensic anthropologists from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa., she said.

Authorities were not releasing the names of those people killed until they could positively identify them, but family members and others were coming forward with their own announcements, a few of which were posted on social media. Seven of the nine were employees for Pebb Enterprises, a real estate company based out of Boca.

The owner of the plane is cooperating with the investigation, Haymaker said.

Those who live and work near the crash site were still in shock a day later.

Ferrara said she had not received confirmation from any official, but said her nephew, who is in the military stationed in Guam, was notified and he was headed back to the U.S.

“It struck the one house and then continued on into embankment just behind that house”.

“They were up here doing business, looking at properties and she was very excited because it was the first trip she made with the executives”, Ferrara said.

The cockpit voice recorder, which has a 30-minute recording of “poor quality”, has been shipped to National Transportation Safety Board headquarters for an in-depth review, NTSB officials said late Thursday afternoon.