Two people died this Friday when a private jet with five passengers on board crashed on a highway in southwest Florida, in USAthe authorities indicated.
The accident occurred around 3:15 p.m. (8:15 p.m. GMT) on Interstate 75, near Naplesindicated the United States Aeronautical Authority (FAA) in a statement.
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Of the five passengers on the affected plane, one Bombardier Challenger 600two died on impact, the County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a statement. Collierwhere the accident occurred.
The three remaining people managed to evacuate the device successfully, indicated the press officer at the Naples airport. Robin King, in a statement sent to AFP.
Still It is unknown if the plane collided with a car. on the road.
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In images broadcast by local media, you can see how the burning device emits a dense cloud of black smoke from a highway shoulder.
Just before the accident, the pilot radioed the Naples Airport control tower and requested an emergency landing, King said in his statement.
An air traffic controller immediately authorized the maneuver after the pilot explained that the aircraft’s two engines had stopped working.
However, it could not reach the runway of the air terminal and that is why it tried to land on the highway.
The jet was flying from Ohio to Naples, according to the airport employee.
The FAA is investigating the reasons for what happened.
Last week, a small plane crashed into a mobile home park in the northwest of the state, killing three people.
