Boca Raton plane crash: Aviation expert says pilot ‘really fought that airplane’

BOCA RATON — One local pilot with four decades of aviation experience said it was remarkable the pilot of the six-seater Cessna 310 plane that crashed moments after taking off from the Boca Raton Airport was able to keep the plane in the air for as long as he did.

“I’m shocked they didn’t crash immediately after takeoff,” said Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, an F/A-18 fighter pilot and former commercial pilot for American Airlines.

The plane was airborne for about 10 minutes April 11 before it crashed, killing all three of its occupants…

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