Five people were killed Wednesday night when a small jet crashed at a Georgia airport, according to the Savannah Morning News.
The plane, which had seven people on board, landed at Thomson-Duffie County Airport in Thomson, Ga., about 8 p.m. and then ran off the runway. The jet was owned and operated by Vein Guys, a medical chain with outlets in several Southeastern cities, the Savannah Morning News reported.
The pilot and a passenger survived the crash of the Hawker Beechcraft 390/Premier I, according to the newspaper.
The jet had taken off from John C. Tune Airport in Nashville en route to the airport in Thomson.
The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the cause of the accident. Authorities hadn’t released the identity of the victims.