UPDATE
Around 5:00 p.m. ET news reports began indicating that they expected the death toll to rise in the crash today in Akron. It’s been confirmed 9 people were on the plane and there are no survivors.
There were nine people aboard the private jet that crashed Tuesday afternoon into an apartment building in Akron, reports say.
The owner of the jet, Florida-based Execuflight, told the Akron Beacon Journal that there there were nine people on the Hawker H25 aircraft, which holds 10 people.
Below is pre-arrival video and images from the scene.
Breaking now: Akron plane crash video from Seth Yergin. At least 2 dead with 9 on board. Crash happened just before 3p…
Posted by Jason Nicholas on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Aftermath of Akron plane crash into apartment building. Pilot and co-pilot both killed. Video sent in by viewer pic.twitter.com/Igp3gn9c2q — Jessica Dill (@JessicaLynnDill) November 10, 2015
BREAKING| Authorities are on the scene of plane crash in Akron. https://t.co/ySzy96sKRN pic.twitter.com/PzRnUbHyXy — Cleveland 19 News (@cleveland19news) November 10, 2015
UPDATE: 2 killed after small jet crashes into building in Ohio (photo via @comife) https://t.co/akhmbmuUYj pic.twitter.com/0oY8sHcFLF — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) November 10, 2015
Plane crashes into Akron apartment building https://t.co/Ydv7nQVkAQ pic.twitter.com/YtgY4OiWUG — WKBN 27 First News (@WKBN) November 10, 2015
UPDATE: At least 2 people killed when small plane crashed into apartment complex near Akron https://t.co/2tNosaabrT pic.twitter.com/QwG7NyfCbc — WSYX ABC 6 (@wsyx6) November 10, 2015
Akron? Dzwońcie po Biniendę. RT airlivenet: BREAKING Small plane crashed into appartement complex at Akron in Ohio. pic.twitter.com/4dC7jbrZl1 — Marcin_MX (@Marcin_MX) November 10, 2015
Video just in from the scene of a plane crash in Akron. The FAA says it was a Hawker H25 business jet pic.twitter.com/pF5DwMSroH — fox8news (@fox8news) November 10, 2015