TOLEDO — A twin-engine jet crashed in flames yesterday as it approached the Toledo airport, killing all three people on board, Lucas County Sheriff James Telb said.
The Falcon 20 turbo jet, on its way from Traverse City, Mich., went down about 2 p.m. in a nature preserve a mile southwest of Toledo Express Airport.
"It just dropped right down into the woods," Telb said.
The victims were employees of Grand Aire, a charter company based in suburban Toledo that owned the plane, Telb said. Officials did not release their identities. Grand Aire representatives declined to comment.
Firefighters extinguished the flames after about two hours, Telb said.
The plane went down in a remote area of the Oak Openings Preserve MetroPark, Toledo Metroparks spokesman Scott Carpenter said. There are no shelter houses or parking lots in that area of the 3,500-acre nature preserve.
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