Small Plane Crash in Akron, Ohio Kills 2

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Two people were killed when a small jet plane crashed into a home in an Akron, Ohio neighborhood, Tuesday afternoon, a federal source told ABC News.

Police said there were “no survivors” after the crash of the plane — which can hold up to 10 people — just before 3 p.m.

No one was in the home at the time and there appeared to be no injuries on the ground, police said.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to ABC News that the plane was a Hawker H25 jet and was on its approach to Akron Fulton Airport when it crashed into a building just before 3 p.m.

The federal source said that it appeared that the cause of the crash “appears to be mechanical.”

Police said neighbors reported hearing a “loud explosion.”

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SOURCE: ABC News, Meghan Keneally