MARION, Ind. (WANE) - A single-engine Cessna was about to take off at Marion Municipal Airport Monday evening when it hit the tail of another plane that had just landed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Two people from Indiana were killed in the incident, police said.
The FAA confirmed the crash happened around 5 p.m. When the Cessna 150 hit the Cessna 525 Citation Jet, the smaller plane burst into flames.
Marion police told NewsChannel the two people inside the Cessna 150 died. Their names haven't been released yet, but police said they are from Indiana.
There were five people inside the Citation Jet, and police told NewsChannel 15 they were not hurt. The jet is registered to Avis Industrial Corporation.
FAA investigators are at the Marion airport to investigate the crash. They said the initial report indicates the Citation had just landed and the Cessna was attempting to take off.
"The jet was already landed and coming to a stop, if you will, and there was not enough rise for the Cessna and it clipped the tail end of the jet," Marion Police Deputy Chief Stephan Dorsey told NewsChannel 15.
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