A family of four from Texas was among 10 people killed when a small twin-engine plane crashed into a hangar after takeoff from a Dallas-area airport.
A family of four from Texas was among 10 people killed when a small twin-engine plane they were on crashed into a hangar and burst into flames after takeoff from a Dallas area airport, according to officials from the school one of the victims attended.
The school identified student Alice Maritato as among those killed in the crash in the Dallas suburb of Addison. Her brother, Dylan Maritato, attended All Saints Catholic School, which feeds into John Paul II High. The students' mother, Ornella Ellard, and their stepfather, Brian Ellard, also perished in the crash, school officials wrote in their letter.
The aircraft they were on crashed into an empty hangar around 9 a.m. on Sunday after taking off from Addison Airport, north of Dallas, according to the Federal Aviation Administration . The Beechcraft BE-350 King Air aircraft was destroyed by fire and there were no survivors. Positive identifications were made for Brian Ellard, 52, Stephen Thelen, 58, Matthew Palmer, 27, Alice Maritato, 15 and Dylan Maritato, 13, according to the Dallas County medical examiner.The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.
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