5 KILLED IN ARKANSAS PLANE CRASH THAT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF
Gabris said a preliminary report on their findings should be released in about two weeks.
Federal authorities are investigating a plane crash near Little Rock, Arkansas, that killed five people. (Staci Vandagriff/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
A twin-engine Beech B2000 airplane crashed at about noon Wednesday near an industrial site in Little Rock shortly after taking off from the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office confirmed that all five people on board the plane were killed. The plane was heading to Columbus, Ohio.
SMALL PLANE CRASHES OUTSIDE FACTORY IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Environmental consulting firm CTEH, based in Little Rock, said the five dead, including the pilot, were all employees responding to the scene of an Ohio metals plant where an explosion this week killed one worker and sent more than a dozen to the hospital.
The crash occurred as a line of thunderstorms that the National Weather Service said included wind gusts of 40 mph moved through the Little Rock area. The NTSB said its investigators will be looking into whether weather and other factors played a role in the crash.