Chilling audio captured the final moments when a small plane lost both its engines and crashed onto a busy Florida highway near a wealthy Naples enclave, killing two people aboard the aircraft on Friday.
“Hop-A-Jet 823, lost both engines, emergency,” the pilot of the Bombardier Challenger 600 jet relayed to the nearby control tower.
“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,” the pilot says before the audio fell silent, with the plane eventually crashing on Interstate 75.
The aircraft, carrying five people on board, had taken off from The Ohio State University Airport in Columbus just after 1 p.m. Friday and was bound for Naples Airport when it reported the engine failure, Naples Airport told WBBH .
As the aircraft fell short of its destination, the pilot seemingly made one last ditch effort to land the plane on the highway but crashed at around 3:15 p.m.
At least 2 dead after fiery plane crash on Florida highway near wealthy Naples enclave