Six people killed in plane crash near Youngstown, Ohio
Six people are dead after a small plane crashed in northeastern Ohio on Sunday.
The plane crash happened Sunday morning in Howland Township, just two miles away from the end of the runway at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board says the small plane, a Cessna 441 twin-engine, was carrying two crew members and four passengers and crashed just seven minutes after taking off.
Officials at a press conference following the crash .
"I can't think of better people, and so our community is at a great loss, and there were really wonderful people," said Anthony Travena, Executive Director of the Western Reserve Port Authority. "It's a very tight-knit community. So, all those in the aviation community have reached out, and these are really important people to us."
The Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB are leading the investigation into what caused the deadly crash.
The identifies of those killed in the crash haven't been released.
