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Small plane carrying attendees of Cavs game disappears

A small plane carrying six people from Cleveland to Columbus after the Cavaliers' NBA game Thursday night disappeared after takeoff from an airport near Lake Erie, NBC News reported .

According to the report, air traffic control officials lost contact with the Cessna Citation 525 after its departure at 10:57 p.m. ET from Burke Lakefront Airport. The plane was carrying people who attended the Cavs game.

A spokesman for the airport told NBC News that the airplane, with three adults and three children aboard, was bound for Ohio State University, where the airplane is hangared.