A renowned pilot from Miami, determined to fly around the world, was killed after her plane seemingly lost control and crashed in an Indianapolis suburb on Wednesday.
According to WTTV, the CBS News affiliate in Indianapolis, 44-year-old Anh-Thu Nguyen of Miami died after a small plane crashed near Interstate 65 and Main Street in Greenwood, Indiana — about 15 miles south of Indianapolis. The Johnson County Coroner’s Office was the official agency responsible for identifying her.
The plane narrowingly missed crashing into a gas station
Just before 11 a.m., Nguyen’s plane began making a series of “strange aerial maneuvers” before it crashed into a grassy ditch just a mile southeast of the Indy South Greenwood Airport, WTTV reported. Nguyen was the aircraft’s pilot and its only occupant.
Multiple witnesses told WTTV that they saw Nguyen’s plane lose control before nose-diving into the ground just a few feet behind a nearby gas station…