BOSTON — Lewis Katz, an owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, was among those killed in a plane that crashed in suburban Boston late Saturday night, Inquirer executives said Sunday morning.
All seven people onboard the plane, a private Gulfstream IV, were killed. The plane erupted into a ball of fire as it took off from Hanscom Field in Bedford at 9:40 on Saturday night. The cause of the crash has not been determined.
A second passenger was identified as Anne Leeds, the wife of Jim Leeds, a commissioner in Longport, N.J. Her name was released byMayor Nick Russo Longport to the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia. The names of the other people onboard have not been made public; officials were preparing Sunday morning to brief reporters.
Just last week, Mr. Katz, 72, and H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest, another investor in The Inquirer, bought out their partners for $88 million, gaining control of the media company that owns that newspaper, The Philadelphia Daily News, the website Philly.com and a printing plant. Mr. Lenfest told Philly.com, the Inquirer's website, that Mr. Katz's son, Drew, would replace his father on the board of the new company.
Mr. Katz made his fortune by investing in the Kinney Parking empire and the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network in New York, according to Philly.com. He is a former owner of the N.B.A.'s New Jersey Nets and the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.
The people on the Gulfstream IV jet were headed to Atlantic City, said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, who did not identify anyone onboard. Bedford is about 20 miles northwest of Boston.
Emergency crews from Bedford and surrounding communities responding to calls about a plane crash found the jet in flames in a heavily wooded area, said John Guilfoil, a spokesman for the Bedford Police Department. The fire was put out quickly and a hazardous materials team was evaluating the scene, he said.
Mr. Peters, of the F.A.A., said his agency and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the crash.
Hanscom Field is part of a complex attached to the Hanscom Air Force Base and straddles 1,300 acres in Bedford, Concord, Lexington and Lincoln, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority. A civilian airport, it is used for corporate aviation, private pilots, flight schools, charters, commercial activity and light cargo.
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