A small airplane crashed into a residential area of Akron, Ohio. Many local residents are without power, and the building is on fire. N=Two people have died, Akron police told WEWS-TV. It is assumed they were on board the plane as no one was injured inside the apartment building, and all the residents are accounted for, local officials said.
Nine people, two of whom are pilots, were confirmed to be onboard the plane, the aircraft’s owner told the Akron Beacon Journal.
The small jet, identified as a “Hawker H25B,” was on approach to Akron Fulton Airport when it clipped a residential building in the area of Mogadore and Skelton roads in eastern Akron, WJV in Cleveland quoted a FAA spokesman.