LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of the crash of small plane crash headed to Columbus that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm.
Environmental consulting firm CTEH said all five were employees heading to John Glenn Columbus Interational Airport on their way to the the scene of a metals plant explosion near Cleveland.
The National Transportation Safety Board says its investigators plan to start documenting the crash site and examining the plane’s wreckage.
The agency says a preliminary report on their findings should be released in about two weeks.
The twin-engine Beech B2000 airplane crashed Wednesday in Little Rock shortly after taking off from the airport.
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all five people aboard the plane died.