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 PHILLIPS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say six people aboard a Cessna airplane were killed when it crashed in northern Wisconsin. The Price County Sheriff's Office says the airplane crashed at 3:21 a.m. Saturday near the city of Phillips. Final reports, including what caused the crash, will likely be released within 12 to 18 months. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, citing a Facebook post on the site of Tioga Elementary School in Bensenville, Illinois, said two of the dead are physical education teacher Thomas DeMauro and a maintenance director for the district, Charles Tomlitz. “The families -- I just feel awful for them,” Jensen said, adding that she’s “real soft.” 
 
 “I can’t help out everybody but I try to do what I can do, just because. DeMauro and Mr. Tomlitz will be missed by all the Tioga Community.” 
 
 
 
 
 
 The accident remains under investigation by the Price County Sheriff’s office, National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration. Price County Sheriff Brian S. Schmidt said the plane took off from the Chicago area and was heading to Canada for a fishing trip when it quickly dropped altitude for an unknown reason. USA TODAY 
 
 In this image made from a video provided by WAOW-TV debris from a plane crash covers the road on July, 2, 2017, near Phillips, Wis. (Photo: AP) 
 
 MILWAUKEE — National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Sunday there was a discussion between the pilot of a Cessna airplane and air traffic controllers about “local weather phenomenon.” Soon after, the aircraft dropped off radar and crashed, killing six. Lind said the initial response to the loss of contact was to send two deputies to the plane’s last known location, in Harmony Township. It wasn’t, they learned, but the airport manager still reached out to one of the pilots who was going to display his helicopter, and that pilot volunteered to take up the helicopter to help locate the crash site. Sandy Jensen, who owns the Happy Daze bar in Kennan, said she first heard about the plane crash from a phone call, then Facebook; she also was told the airplane was occupied by a group of men who were heading to Canada for a fishing trip. "Made up 35 burgers, cheeseburgers, and fresh cheese curds we sent over, and some parade candy, because it's the Fourth of July," Jensen explained. The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and the sheriff's office are investigating the crash. 6 killed in plane crash in northern Wisconsin: https://t.co/63m3LnhZ8mpic.twitter.com/RdCWzSiHwe — FOX6 News (@fox6now) July 2, 2017 
 
 According to WSAW-TV, the plane was a Cessna 421 and investigators said the pilot was certified to fly it.
– The pilot of a Cessna 421 and all five passengers were killed early Saturday when the aircraft crashed in a forest in northern Wisconsin, authorities say. National Transportation Safety Board investigators say the pilot mentioned a "weather phenomenon" to air traffic controllers shortly before the plane dropped off the radar near the town of Phillips, USA Today reports. The Price County Sheriff's Office says the plane was carrying a group of men heading from Chicago to Canada for a fishing trip, the AP reports. The Tioga Elementary School in Bensenville, Ill., has identified two of the victims as physical education teacher Thomas DeMauro and maintenance director Charles Tomlitz. Price County Sheriff's Lt. Gabe Lind says a volunteer who owned a helicopter helped rescue workers locate the wreckage, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Volunteers spent the night searching an area that included thick woods and swamp, the Chicago Tribune reports. Sheriff Brian Schmidt says local bar owner Sandy Jensen went "above and beyond" when she heard about the hungry volunteers and sent over dozens of cheeseburgers, along with candy from the Fourth of July parade. "That's what the world's all about is people helping people," she tells WSAW. (On Friday, a Cessna crashed on a California freeway.)