10 Killed When Plane Crashes on Takeoff in Texas

DALLAS (AP) — All ten people on board a small plane were killed in a fiery crash Sunday morning when the aircraft struggled to gain altitude after taking off from a suburban Dallas airport, veered to one side and plunged into a hangar, local authorities and witnesses said. Federal officials said two crew members and eight passengers were killed when the twin-engine plane, scheduled to fly to St. Petersburg, Florida, crashed at the Addison Municipal Airport at 9:11 a.m. The identities of those killed were not immediately released. "We don't know a lot about the people on board at this point," National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said. 10 killed when plane crashes on takeoff in Texas, Associated Press Officials say the Beechcraft BE-350 King Air hit a hangar that then burst into flames with black smoke billowing from the building as firefighters sprayed it with water. A plane and helicopter in the hangar were damaged, but there were no people in the building. The crash left a gaping hole in the hangar, which sits not far from a busy commercial strip and densely populated residential neighborhoods of the northern suburb of Dallas. Photos: Addison Airport Plane Crash Landsberg said the plane had recently changed hands so its tail number was not yet certain.Jennifer Rodi, the NTSB's lead investigator on the accident, said it had previously been owned by a private charter company in Chicago. Edward Martelle, a spokesman for the town of Add...
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