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."
Trumbull County Coroner Lawrence D'Amico identified the victims as 68-year-old Veronica Weller, 67-year-old James Weller, 36-year-old John Weller and 34-year-old Maria Weller, . The pilot was reportedly identified as 63-year-old Joseph Maxin and the co-pilot as 55-year-old Timothy Blake.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB are leading the investigation into what caused the deadly crash.
