Questions & answers
Your questions: Local warehouse owner among the 6 people killed in Wisconsin plane crash
Compiled Oct 15
Who are the other five people who died in the crash?
A plane owned by longtime pilot Ron Riek crashed in Wisconsin, killing him and five others.
What caused the descent rate to increase so sharply before contact was lost?
Air traffic control approved the descent, and the plane entered a right turn that sharply increased before contact was lost.
Will the NTSB confirm icing as the cause of the crash?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.
Could the plane's known issues with thunderstorms have been addressed to prevent this crash?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.