The plane, however, crashed during takeoff, leaving the jet burning and inverted on the tarmac, killing everyone on board. Among them a corporate pilot who was recently hired at the Texas law firm linked to the plane, and an event planner who had worked with the firm on previous occasions.

The successive problems appeared to overwhelm the pilots, who were experienced but not authorized to fly the type of jet they were operating alone, according to federal safety investigators.

Roland Steadham, formerly a meteorologist at three major stations in South Florida, WSVN-Channel 7, WTVJ-NBC 6 and WPLG Local 10, was killed in a small plane crash Tuesday morning outside Boise, Idaho, where he’d moved about 10 years ago, the Idaho Statesman reported.

Six are presumed dead after a Houston-registered plane crashed in Maine. Though the cause and purpose of flight remain unknown, here's what we do know so far.

Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church said a staff member who “possessed a beautiful spirit" was among the victims of a fatal private jet crash in Bangor, Maine.

The victims in a private jet crash in Bangor, Maine, include a Texas mother who had been planning her daughter's wedding and a chef from Hawaii.

Authorities say a small plane has crashed in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing 15 people including a congressman.

The airport director deferred all questions on the status of the victims' remains to the medical examiner on scene and police.