Meanwhile, three people, including a 19-year-old pilot and a 10-year-old passenger, were killed when their small plane crashed into a lake in Dakota.
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The three family members, a husband and wife identified as Tony and Dana Gray and his brother Jerry, were coming from Norman, Okla. visit Jerry’s sick father here at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
He was especially close to Tony and Dana Gray. The air traffic controller also warned about wake turbulence from a nearby 737. It’s a miracle no one on the ground was hurt, investigators say.
Flight traffic at Hobby Airport has not been altered by the crash. Straighten up!” “I saw the plane.
Officials in James City County say the crash took place at 9:40 a.m., about 100 yards south of the airport landing strip, near a densely wooded area. The single engine plane was equipped with a parachute but it did not deploy. The plane was registered in the FAA registry to Safe Aviation, LLC in Moore, Oklahoma, and was manufactured in 2012. Aviation consultant Greg Maldonado told Eyewitness News her relative inexperience as a pilot could have played a role in the fatal crash. “Can you do a right turn, back to join the straight end of 3-5, could you do it like that?”
“We have no words to describe the loss to (our) family, as the Gray family have been long time racers, sponsors, and friends at the track”, the Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble posted Thursday on its Facebook page.
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Just before the crash, a traffic controller says: “Ma’am, ma’am, straighten up, straighten up”. The passenger was able to get out of the plane and call 911, but the pilot was trapped, according to the release.
