DALLAS _ A family of four was among the 10 people who died Sunday when a plane crashed into an Addison Airport hangar just after takeoff.
John Paul II High School in Plano, Texas, sent a letter to families Monday morning saying two students, their mother and stepfather were among those killed.
The school identified the students as Alice and Dylan Maritato. The mother and stepfather are Ornella and Brian Ellard. The children are survived by their father, Michele Maritato.
The school said the son was expected to graduate next year and the daughter was a member of the class of 2022.
The six other people who died in the crash have not been publicly named, and the Dallas County medical examiner has not officially identified any of the victims.
Everyone aboard the small plane died Sunday morning, authorities say.
Two crew members and eight passengers were on the twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air 350 that was destroyed by flames after it crashed at 9:11 a.m., said Bruce Landsberg, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
The plane had just left the runway when it veered left and dropped its left wing before crashing into the hangar. The plane was headed to St. Petersburg, Fla.
No one was in the hanger at the time of the crash. A Falcon jet and a helicopter that were inside the hangar were damaged.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation and has called a news conference for 4 p.m. Monday. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration also went to the scene of the crash.
The plane's registration number was N534FF. But he said authorities hadn't confirmed who owned the plane and were looking into whether it recently had been sold.
Planemasters Jet Charter, based in the Chicago area, told The Dallas Morning News it had owned the plane but no longer did.
Todd DeSimone, Planemaster's general manager, told KXAS-TV (Channel 5) that the plane had been sold this year to EE Operations, a company based in Addison.
Attempts to reach anyone at EE Operations, which is registered in Delaware, have been unsuccessful.
The plane crash is not the first to crash after taking off from Addison Airport in the past 15 months. In September, a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing after taking off from the airport. The pilot landed the plan near Inwood and Alpha roads in Farmers Branch, south of the airport. No one was injured.
A month before that, three people were injured when a small place crashed after taking off from the airport. The plane was on a training flight, according to the FAA.
In March 2018, a single-engine plane crashed at the airport, leaving two people injured. FAA investigators said after takeoff, the plane's pilot tried to turn around and land on the runway in the opposite direction, causing the aircraft to crash nose first before reaching the runway.
The plane crash is not the first to crash after taking off from Addison Airport in the past 15 months. In September, a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing after taking off from the airport. The pilot landed the plan near Inwood and Alpha roads in Farmers Branch, south of the airport. No one was injured.
A month before that, three people were injured when a small place crashed after taking off from the airport. The plane was on a training flight, according to the FAA.
In March 2018, a single-engine plane crashed at the airport, leaving two people injured. FAA investigators said after takeoff, the plane's pilot tried to turn around and land on the runway in the opposite direction, causing the aircraft to crash nose first before reaching the runway.
