A small jet crashed in freezing drizzle as it approached the Pueblo airport Wednesday, killing all eight people aboard, including four employees of the Circuit City chain, authorities said.
A small jet crashed in freezing drizzle as it approached the Pueblo airport Wednesday, killing all eight people aboard, including four employees of the Circuit City chain, authorities said.
The plane was registered to the consumer electronics giant. Pueblo County Sheriff Dan Corsentino said the victims were a pilot, co-pilot and six passengers.
The plane, en route from Richmond, Va., where Circuit City is based, went down about five miles east of the airport on largely undeveloped land between Pueblo and the Army’s sprawling Pueblo Chemical Depot.
A small fire erupted after the crash but was quickly extinguished, said Steve Douglas of the Pueblo County Emergency Management Department.
Two witnesses told investigators they heard loud popping noises from the twin-jet Cessna Citation C-560 shortly before the crash at about 9 a.m., Corsentino said.