LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Five people have died from a small airplane crash near a Little Rock factory shortly after taking off.
A spokesman for the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office said a twin-engine plane crashed Wednesday afternoon outside a 3M plant in Little Rock, a couple of miles south of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration said five people were on board the plane, and the sheriff's office said there were no survivors from the crash. The plane had departed the Little Rock airport and was headed to John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.
The crash occurred as a line of thunderstorms moved through the Little Rock area.
The passengers on the flight were employees of CTEH, an environmental consulting firm that responds to emergency situations, according to their website.
They were flying to Ohio to respond to "an incident at the Schumann and Company Metals Plant in Bedford, Ohio," the company confirmed to News 5.
CTEH released a statement about the accident:
We are incredibly saddened to report the loss of our Little Rock colleagues. We ask everyone to keep the families of those lost and the entire CTEH team in their thoughts and prayers.
One person was killed and more than a dozen people were injured in an explosion at a metal foundry in Oakwood, located near Bedford, on Monday afternoon.
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The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash, the company said.
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