Philadelphia Inquirer Co-Owner Among 7 Killed in Massachusetts Plane Crash

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U.S. |Philadelphia Inquirer Co-Owner Among 7 Killed in Massachusetts Plane Crash

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Lewis Katz, an owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, died Saturday night in a plane crash at a Massachusetts airfield. Matt Rourke/Associated Press

Investigators at Hanscom Field late Saturday night. Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald, via Associated Press

A co-owner of Philadelphiaâ€™s two major newspapers was identified Sunday as one of seven people who died Saturday night when a private jet ran off a runway at an airfield northwest of Boston and burst into flames, killing everyone on board.

Bill Marimow, the editor of one of the papers, The Philadelphia Inquirer, confirmed that one of its owners, Lewis Katz, 72, had died in the crash at Hanscom Airfield in Bedford, Mass.

Mr. Katz, a former owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, and a business associate, Gerry Lenfest, had won a legal battle last Tuesday over the ownership of The Inquirer when they won an auction for the newspaper.

Mr. Katz and Mr. Lenfest agreed to pay $88 million for The Inquirer and its affiliated properties, which include The Philadelphia Daily News, the website Philly.com and a printing plant.

Mr. Katz and six other people were aboard a Gulfstream IV plane that taking off from Hanscom Field around 9:40 p.m. Saturday headed to Atlantic City, said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. Bedford is about 20 miles northwest of Boston.

The names of the other victims were not immediately released. Federal, state and local agencies responded to the scene.

Emergency crews from Bedford and surrounding communities responding to calls for 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 quickly put out and a hazardous materials team was evaluating the scene, he said.

Mr. Peters of the F.A.A. said his agency y and the National Transportation Safety Board are 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. A news briefing was scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday at the airport.