The plane touched down halfway along the runway, pulled up and executed a maneuver known as a “go-round”, but the engines appeared to stall as the pilot tried to turn and climb, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a statement.
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The plane was owned by Ross and departed Louisville on Friday morning, with Fredericksburg as its final destination.
At 4 p.m. this afternoon, a press conference will be held at the Shannon Airport Terminal.
Also onboard were 52-year-old Lisa K. Borinstein; her two children, 19-year-old Luke J. Borinstein and 15-year-old Emma R. Borinstein of Shelbyville, Ind.; and 15-year-old Maren Timmermann of Berlin, Germany. She said her train was delayed about 30 minutes due to the crash.
The plane crashed near train tracks, where passengers on a passing Richmond-bound Amtrak train had a clear view of the wreckage.
A plane crash that left six people dead Friday in Virginia claimed the lives of Central Indiana residents, a school official confirmed.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by VSP and the NTSB and FAA.
Virginia State Police were assisted at the crash site by the Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management; Spotsylvania Volunteer Fire Department; Chancellor Volunteer Fire Department; National Park Service; and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. “It looked so bad the way the plane had landed”.
“It attempted to abort the landing and take off again”, Sgt. F.L. Tyler of the Virginia State Police told reporters at the scene.
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Hamerstadt’s wife, Marilyn, said by email that she was mourning the loss of her husband.
