One killed, seven hurt as jet strikes warehouse Smoke billows from the Morning Glory Dairy plant after a plane crashed into the side of the structure touching off a fire Monday afternoon (photo by H. Marc Larson). The pilot reported he was in trouble and turning back to the airport Kevin Moore News-Chronicle Seven people were injured when a business jet crashed into a Morning Glory Dairy warehouse in Ashwaubenon just after 4:30 p.m. Monday shortly after taking off from Austin Straubel Airport, apparently killing the pilot. Three men burned inside the warehouse were taken to St. Mary’s Burn Center in Milwaukee, a St. Vincent Hospital spokesman said. Two were in critical condition late Monday. The other four people were treated and released from St. Vincent. Fire crews were unable to reach the plane inside the mangled warehouse late Monday night, although the pilot was believed to have been alone in the plane. The pilot radioed to the airport control tower, “I am having trouble, I need to return,” shortly after takeoff, according to Don Hoeft, airport director. The crash site is approximately three miles from the airport. “It was snowing quite heavily,” when the jet took off, Hoeft said. He did not know the identity of the pilot, and Hoeft said he could not disclose who the pilot worked for. Hoeft said the jet was a Cessna Citation 501 with approximately eight seats. The ground shook when the jet hit the warehouse, causing a gaping hole in the warehouse, and burst into flames and smoke, a witness said. Employees ran from the building and numerous rescue crews and fire departments responded to the crash. The fire was under control by 5:45 p.m. Some people driving by at the time of the crash said they had to slam on their brakes to avoid the jet. National Transportation Safety Board officials were on their way to the scene to investigate the crash. "All of a sudden I heard a loud explosion and the building shook a little," said Gary Weber, who works at Imperial Inc. nearby. "I opened the door and all I could see was the smoke from Morning Glory. ... Later somebody told me that a plane had crashed." "I feel sorry for everybody over at Morning Glory. It's scary," Weber said. An updated report will appear Tuesday morning on this page and in The Green Bay News-Chronicle.