6 killed after small plane crashes after takeoff in Youngstown, Ohio
Four passengers and two crew members were killed in the twin-engine Cessna 441 crash, which happened around 7 a.m. in Howland Township near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
Western Reserve Port Authority Executive Director Anthony Trevena said at a news conference there were no survivors. The victims have yet to be identified.
4 First responderes at the scene of the plane crash.
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4 Six people were killed after a plane crashed just minutes after taking off.
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Fox 8 obtained 911 calls following the incident, including one in which a caller said he heard a 'huge crash.'
Another caller told a Trumbull County 911 dispatcher he was sitting outside having coffee when he saw a 'huge amount of smoke' after hearing a plane that sounded 'odd' flying overhead.
4 Smoke from a plane crash in Ohio.
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'There was a big bang. I don't know what it was,' another caller said.
4 A fire from a plane crashing minutes after taking off.
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Flight tracking data showed the plane was bound for Bozeman, Montana, Michael Hillman, president of aviation company JETS FBO Network told AP.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are both investigating the crash.
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