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Six Killed as Twin-Engine Plane Crashes Into Howland Township Backyard

Authorities have closed local roads to allow NTSB and FAA teams to investigate the early-morning impact behind a residence near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

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Overview

  • A twin-engine Cessna 441 bound for Bozeman, Montana, went down at about 7 a.m. on June 29 after departing Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport and struck a wooded backyard on King Graves Road NE
  • All six people aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash, officials confirmed
  • Residents told 911 dispatchers they heard a “huge crash” followed by a large explosion and saw flames and smoke rising from the scene
  • Emergency responders including the Trumbull County Coroner, HAZMAT crews and Ohio Edison teams secured the area and treated it as a crime scene
  • NTSB and FAA teams have deployed drones and crime-scene tape as part of a formal investigation while King Graves and Henn Hyde roads remain closed