Flyet, ein tomotors business-jet, var på veg til å lande på flyplassen i Akron då det styrta, opplyser eigaren av flyet, Augusto Lewkowicz, til lokale nyheitsmedium. Han fortel at det var ni menneske om bord, blant dei to pilotar. Hittil er to personar stadfesta døde.
Løytnant Bill Haymaker frå Akron Highway Patrol opplyser at ingen som var i bygningen miste livet. Bygningen er ei lågblokk.
Nyheitsbyrået AP melder at ingen var inne i bygningen då flyet styrta, og det var heller ingen heime i nabobygningen. Eit vitne fortel at det er utenkjeleg at nokon om bord kan ha overlevd styrten.
Brannvesenet arbeider på spreng for å sløkkje brannen, og det er innleidd etterforsking av årsaka til styrten.

At least 9 reported dead after charter jet crashes in Akron

A firefighter walks up a driveway as an apartment building burns in Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, where authorities say a small business jet crashed. The plane burst into flames and disintegrated after impact. (Scott Ferrell via AP)

A private charter jet that crashed into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio, had nine people on board, all presumed dead, according to published reports. There were no reports of deaths or injuries on the ground.

Augusto Lewkowicz, the owner and operator of the plane, told the Akron Beacon Journal that there were seven passengers and two crew members on board. He would not release the names pending notification of families.

The Hawker H125 business jet, which seats 10, was approaching Akron's Fulton Airport, about four miles away, when it clipped power lines and plunged into the building, setting it ablaze.

According to the Beacon Journal, the flight was chartered by Execuflight and was on the sixth leg of a journey that originated Monday in Fort Lauderdale, with stops in St. Paul, Moline, Ill, St. Louis and Cincinnati that day and the non-commercial Dayton-Wright Brothers airport in Miamisburg, Ohio and Akron on Tuesday.

The crash occurred about 2:13 pm, according to Dayton International Airport spokeswoman Linda Hughes.

A charred car and aircraft debris smolder where authorities say a small business jet crashed into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal via AP)