Joshua Baer, the founder and CEO of Texas venture firm Capital Factory in Austin, was killed in Tuesday's plane crash, per reports from the Austin American-Statesman. The small business jet, traveling to Austin, was carrying six people when it crashed over Loop 20 in Laredo around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Authorities responded to a small-plane crash in Laredo Tuesday night. One of six passengers died.

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek died on Wednesday morning, after battling stage 3 colorectal cancer at the age of 48. Several people were killed when a Mexican navy plane, flying a medical mission, went down on approach to Galveston in the southern US.

The person killed in the tragic Texas plane crash has been identified ... and he's even being honored by folks at the highest reaches of government. Joshua Baer -- a prominent tech and finance mogul

Authorities say a pilot and 11 others were killed when a plane taking people on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and caught fire.

Pilots aborted one landing attempt before a fatal crash shortly after.

Authorities continue investigating the fatal crash as family and friendsmourn the victims, including a 24-year-old Indian national.

Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers.