According to a preliminary investigation report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and several other media outlets, there have been more developments on the March 10 plane crash in Hot Springs that killed 5 people, including a two-year-old.
The Virginian Review has learned that 2 pilots and 3 passengers were on board the ill-fated flight when it went down in Ingalls Field, about 300 feet shy of its intended landing on runway 25 at Ingalls Airport.
The plane was traveling from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Hot Springs, Virginia, carrying pilots Claudio Jose Alberto Comenares Perez and Gagan Gopasandra Srinivas Reddy and passengers Alfredo Diez, Kseniia Shanina, and their two-year-old son, Nicolas Diez.
According to the report from NTSB, the pilots reached out to Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) at around 2:30pm to alert the control center that they had received reports of the weather conditions in the area. That day, winds had reached 40mph.
They maintained contact until about 2:47pm and all seemed well, with the runway cleared for landing. However, at around 3pm, a loud crash was heard as the plane hit several trees and then erupted into flames, killing everyone on board. Several pieces of the plane were found along the pathway to the wreckage.
One of the pilots had a voice recorder that was found among the debris and has been sent off to the National Transportation Safety Board Vehicle Recorder’s Laboratory in Washington D.C.
The plane crash is still under investigation.
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