Details are emerging on the plane crash that killed billionaire Lewis Katz

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Details are emerging on the plane crash that killed billionaire Lewis Katz
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Aviation safety officials are treating the Saturday night plane crash that killed billionaire Lewis Katz and six other people as an accident, though they aren't ruling anything out yet about the unusual crash. Katz, 72, and a partner just won a contentious battle for control of The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News last week. Katz, three guests, and three crew members were returning from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Atlantic City.

On Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that the Gulfstream IV jet crashed into a gully 2,000 feet past the end of the runway at Hanscom Field, without ever having taken flight. For unknown reasons, the jet crashed through a chain-link fence and into an antenna before careening into the gully and bursting into flames.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.