10 killed as small plane hits hangar
Ten people died in a small plane crash Sunday morning at Addison Airport, authorities say.
The twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air had just taken off when it crashed into a hangar at 9 a.m., causing a fire, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. The fire destroyed the aircraft.
Everyone on board the plane was killed, according to city of Addison spokeswoman Mary Rosenbleeth.
Authorities have not released information about the identities of the people who died. Officials
were in the process of reaching out to the family members of the victims, she said.
The hangar was not occupied at the time of the crash. The plane can hold about a dozen people, Lunsford said.
Addison fire spokesman Edward Martelle said the plane was taking off at the south end of the airport and had just lifted off the runway when it veered left, dropped its left wing and went into the hangar.
Martelle said authorities hadn’t identified the plane’s owner.
Details of the flight’s manifest have not been released, but flightaware.com showed a Beechcraft Super King Air 350 had been scheduled to depart about 9 a.m. for St. Petersburg, Fla.
In a tweet, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said asked for prayers for “the families who lost loved ones in this tragedy.”
The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA were sending investigators to the scene.
The Dallas County medical examiner’s office said Sunday evening that it did not have any information to provide about the fatalities.