Five people died in a plane crash in Arkansas while on their way to the site of a deadly explosion at a firm in Ohio.

On their way to the site of an explosion at an Ohio steel plant on Wednesday, five employees of an environmental consulting firm died in a plane crash in Little Rock, Arkansas, officials said.

According to the company and the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane took off from Little Rock Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport at noon Wednesday with employees from the Center for Poisons and Environmental Health.

Workers were on their way to John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio to respond to a tragic steel plant explosion, according to an email from a CTEH spokesperson for CNN.

The bottom twitter handle shows the incident happening to the video tweet.

Environmental scientists went to Ohio to clean up the aftermath of a plane crash …

… in Little Rock, Arkansas. pic.twitter.com/pPIHVsRnhN

— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) February 23, 2023

According to a National Transportation Safety Board statement emailed to CNN, the twin-engine plane crashed and caught fire shortly after takeoff near Little Rock Airport.

Dr. Paul Noni, senior vice president of CTEH, issued a statement saying, “We are deeply saddened to announce the loss of our Little Rock colleagues.” We earnestly ask everyone to remember in their prayers the families of the victims, as well as the entire staff of the CTEZ.

NTSB is investigating the cause of the accident

The NTSB is investigating what caused the accident. Investigators will arrive on the scene on Thursday.

“The investigator will begin documenting the scene and inspecting the aircraft as soon as they arrive at the scene. As part of the investigation, radar data, meteorological data, air traffic control communications logs, maintenance records, and the pilot’s medical records will be requested. Man, machine and environment will serve as the basis for the investigation, according to the NTSB.

According to a Facebook post by the Little Rock Police Department, emergency services were notified of the collision at 12:02 p.m.

A band of storms passed over the region at the same time, according to CNN Weather. Although the National Weather Service issued a special statement calling for wind gusts up to 50 mph, there were no storm warnings.

At around 12:02 p.m., there was wind gust up to 46 mph at the airport.

According to the corporation, CTEH is a consulting organization that offers timely services to both the government and commercial sectors. These services include environmental data collection and management, incident management, industrial hygiene, safety, toxicology, and human health consulting.

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