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Ohio Plane Crash Victim Was Company CEO

Authorities in northwest Ohio say one of the two people killed in a weekend plane crash was the CEO of an Ohio manufacturing company.

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities in northwest Ohio say one of the two people killed in a weekend plane crash was the CEO of an Ohio manufacturing company.

Hancock County deputies say Ralf Bronnenmeier, CEO of Grob Systems in Bluffton, was piloting the single-engine Lancair IV-P plane that crashed early Sunday morning into a ditch along a county road just northeast of the city of Findlay. The name of the female passenger hasn't been released yet.

Authorities say the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have launched investigations.

Media reports said plane was traveling from Holland, Michigan, to Bluffton, which is near Findlay.

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