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Time of India
2 days ago
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- Time of India
Ohio plane crash: Six killed in small aircraft accident; vacation-bound family among dead
Six people, including four members of the same family and two pilots, were killed when a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Youngstown-Warren regional airport in Ohio on Sunday morning, officials said. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Cessna 441 twin-engine turboprop went down in a wooded area near the airport, said federal aviation authority. It left no survivors, according to Anthony Trevena, executive director of the Western Reserve Port Authority, which manages the airport. The aircraft was registered to Meander Air LLC of Warren, Ohio, reported news agency AP. Trumbull County Coroner Lawrence D'Amico on Monday identified the victims as pilot Joseph Maxin, 63, of Canfield; co-pilot Timothy Blake, 55; and passengers Veronica Weller, 68; her husband James Weller, 67; their son John Weller, 36; and his wife Maria Weller, 34, all residents of Hubbard. The family was reportedly on their way to Bozeman, Montana, for a vacation. They are known locally for owning steel manufacturing businesses in the Youngstown-Warren area. Maxin, a former Mahoning county assistant prosecutor and the port authority's director of compliance, was remembered as a devoted public servant. The plane crashed in dense woods near three homes, but no one on the ground was injured, said Howland township fire chief Raymond Pace, who noted access to the crash site was difficult, according to AP. 'This is an awful tragedy, but it could have been even worse,' Pace added. Michael Hillman, president of JETS FBO Network, confirmed the flight was headed to Montana and praised the victims as 'the best of the best.' He added, 'I'd give anything to go back and take them to breakfast instead.' The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash and have requested any available surveillance footage or eyewitness accounts from the public.
USA Today
2 days ago
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- USA Today
6 dead after plane crashes into Ohio backyard
A small plane crash in Ohio killed six people on Sunday, June 29, when the aircraft plummeted into a wooded area shortly after takeoff. The twin-engine Cessna 441 went down around 7 a.m., a few miles from Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, located in Howland Township, about 20 miles east of Akron, reported the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. There were no survivors, Western Reserve Port Authority Executive Director Anthony Trevena said in a Sunday press conference. Trumbull County Coroner Lawrence D'Amico identified the victims on Monday, multiple outlets reported. Pilot and co-pilot Joseph Maxin, 63, and Timothy Blake, 55, were among the dead, along with passengers James Weller, 67, his wife Veronica Weller, 68, their son John Weller, 26, and his wife Maria Weller, 34. The family was headed to Montana on vacation, D'Amico told local media. Officials told area news station WTOL11 that the plane crashed into a backyard of a home two miles from the airport, making the crash site "difficult" to access. Emergency crews from the Howland Fire Department and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station responded to the crash site and put out the resulting fire. Trumbull County hazmat crews worked to contain and clean up spilled fuel from the wreckage. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which sent investigators to the scene.
San Francisco Chronicle
2 days ago
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- San Francisco Chronicle
6 killed in a crash of a small plane in Ohio, officials say
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from an Ohio airport, officials said. The twin-engine Cessna 441 turboprop crashed near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport on Sunday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Agency records show the plane was registered to Meander Air LLC of Warren, Ohio. Trumbull County Coroner Lawrence D'Amico on Monday identified the victims as the pilot, Joseph Maxin, 63; co-pilot Timothy Blake, 55; and passengers Veronica Weller, 68; her husband, James Weller, 67; their son, John Weller, 36, and his wife, Maria Weller, 34. Blake and the passengers were all Hubbard residents, while Maxin lived in Canfield. D'Amico said the family — which owns steel manufacturing plants in the Youngstown-Warren area — was heading for a vacation in Montana. Maxin was the port authority's director of compliance and also a former assistant prosecutor for the Mahoning County Prosecutor's Office. A statement issued by the authority called Maxin 'a selfless public servant and pilot (who) dedicated his life to serving the Mahoning Valley." It was difficult to get to the site of the crash in a heavily wooded area, Howland Township Fire Chief Raymond Pace said. 'This is an extremely tragic situation, but it could have been worse,' Pace said, noting that there were three houses near the spot where the plane crashed. Publicly available flight tracking data showed that the plane's destination was Bozeman, Montana, said Michael Hillman, president of aviation company JETS FBO Network. 'These were the best of the best in terms of the folks here at the field, as well as the pilots. I can't say enough about them,' Hillman said at the news conference. 'I'd give anything to rewind the day and take them to breakfast instead.'
