Dramatic photographs going viral present the tragic second a non-public jet crashed onto a busy Florida freeway, killing the 2 pilots, earlier than a flight attendant and two passengers managed to flee from the burning wreckage.
New York Post reported:
“The Bombardier Challenger 600, carrying 5 individuals, misplaced its two engines and crashed onto Interstate 75 round 3:15 p.m. Friday whereas attempting to land on the close by Naples airport.
Dashcam video exhibits it descending quickly over the freeway as automobiles proceed driving in the identical route — earlier than it all of the sudden crashes and erupts in a ball of flames.”
Vehicles strategy the scene and pull over as a cloud of black smoke billows from the plane.
“’I was wondering, What is that?’ Miami trucker Alfonso del Nodal told […] of his dashcam footage. ‘Then I realized it was a plane coming down, and then in a matter of seconds, it crashed. […] An explosion came and first thing that came to my mind was 9/11’, he told the outlet. ‘Then we heard, ‘Bam! Bam!’ and I saw three people get out’.”
One other video exhibits three individuals getting out of the wreck.
“’Yes! Our pilots! Our pilots!’ a woman is heard shouting back in the footage. When asked if the pilots were alive, the frantic woman replied: ‘I don’t know. I don’t know much else’.”
Each pilots died within the crash. Capt. Edward Daniel Murphy and co-pilot Frederick Hoffman labored for Fort Lauderdale-based Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Constitution.
Flight attendant Sydney Ann Bosmans, in addition to passengers Aaron Baker and Audra Inexperienced had been captured in video escaping from the burning wreckage.
“’Yes! Our pilots! Our pilots!’ a woman is heard shouting back in the footage. When asked if the pilots were alive, the frantic woman replied: ‘I don’t know. I don’t know much else’.”
Murphy advised an airport controller about shedding the engines:
“’Hop-A-Jet 823, lost both engines, emergency’, he said. ‘I’m making an emergency landing. We’re clear to land but we’re not going to make the runway. We’ve lost both engines’.”
Witnesses say the aircraft’s wing clipped a automobile, dragged it, and slammed right into a wall alongside the freeway.
