Plane crash at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio claims three lives

According to authorities, three people were killed in a plane crash in Ohio on Friday: the pilot and two passengers.

At around 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time in Vienna, Ohio, a Beechcraft BE-60 aircraft made an emergency landing at the end of runway 14 at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport after the pilot reported an engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.

The patrol’s operations center in Warren received a distress call at 7:09 p.m. Eastern Time. Shortly thereafter, troopers arrived on scene and determined that the plane had crashed near one of the runways, likely due to a mechanical failure, according to a news release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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Plane crash is being investigated

The NTSB has launched an investigation into the plane crash.

“Two NTSB investigators are en route to the accident scene today,” NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson told USA TODAY. “They will document the aircraft wreckage, which will then be transported to a secure facility for further examination.”