A jet attempting to make an emergency landing at an airfield in northern Ohio crashed, killing all three persons on board, police said.
The twin-engine Beechcraft 60 crashed near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at 6:45 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration reported Saturday.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol station in Trumbull County, which was contacted just after 7 p.m. Friday, reported that the accident just north of the airport killed the pilot and two passengers. The victims’ relatives have been contacted, and the identities will be disclosed later, according to an official.
“A mechanical breakdown is suspected, and the aircraft was reported as trying to make an emergency landing” before it went down “near one of the runways” in Fowler Township,” according to a press release issued Saturday afternoon by the Warren highway police.
A jet attempting to make an emergency landing at an airfield in northern Ohio crashed, killing all three persons on board, police said.
The twin-engine Beechcraft 60 crashed near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at 6:45 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration reported Saturday.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol station in Trumbull County, which was contacted just after 7 p.m. Friday, reported that the accident just north of the airport killed the pilot and two passengers. The victims’ relatives have been contacted, and the identities will be disclosed later, according to an official.
“A mechanical breakdown is suspected, and the aircraft was reported as trying to make an emergency landing” before it went down “near one of the runways” in Fowler Township,” according to a press release issued Saturday afternoon by the Warren highway police.
According to Trevena, the plane’s left engine seemed to fail, causing it to miss the landing approach and circle back, but it lost control and crashed at the north end of the runway. Firefighters from the Youngstown Air Reserve station at the airport collaborated with local emergency services to put out the resultant fire, he said.
The FAA said that the National Transportation Safety Board would conduct an investigation. The highway patrol said that local police and fire units, as well as the county sheriff’s office, are assisting state troopers on the site.