Thomson (Georgia): An official says five people are dead and two injured after a small jet ran off the end of a runway and crashed at an airport in eastern Georgia.
Thomson-McDuffie County Sheriff Logan Marshall says the jet carrying seven people crashed after 8 pm on Wednesday.
Logan says the two survivors were taken to area hospitals and their conditions were not known. He says the identities of those killed are being withheld pending notification of family members.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said in an e-mail that the Hawker Beechcraft 390/Premier I crashed around 8:30 pm at Thomson-McDuffie County Airport, about 50 kilometres west of Augusta.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 13:22