2014 SOCATA TBM crash

2014 SOCATA TBM crash

Similar plane to the one involved
Crash summary
Date 5 September 2014
Summary Pilot incapacitation followed by fuel exhaustion
Site Caribbean Sea,
14 miles NE off Port Antonio, Jamaica
Crew 1
Fatalities At least 2
Survivors 0
Aircraft type SOCATA TBM 900
Operator Buckingham Properties
Registration N900KN
Flight origin Greater Rochester International Airport, Rochester, New York, United States
Destination Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida, United States

On September 5, 2014, a SOCATA TBM 900 crashed into Caribbean Sea, near Jamaican coast.[1][2][3]

After the pilot became unresponsive during a flight from Greater Rochester International Airport, Rochester, New York, United States to Naples, Florida, two F-15 aircraft were scrambled to trail the flight. The pilots noted that the windows were frosted over, leading to speculation that the pilot had been incapacitated due to hypoxia as a result of cabin depressurization.[4][5][6]

Accident

The TBM-900 airplane was en route from Greater Rochester International Airport, Rochester, New York, United States to Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida, United States when it failed to change course to Naples. The airplane continued off the east coast of Florida, over the Bahamas and Cuba before it lost altitude north of Jamaica. The plane crashed into Caribbean Sea, near Jamaica after running out of fuel.[7]

Crew and passengers

It is thought that the airplane belonged to Larry Glazer,[8] a building redeveloper in Rochester, New York who owned the Xerox Tower and Bausch & Lomb Place buildings, along with several other structures through Buckingham Properties and was leading redevelopment efforts in downtown Rochester, and that he and his wife were aboard the plane. In a statement on Friday, the Coast Guard 7th District command centre in Miami said three people were reportedly on board the plane.[9][10] His wife, Jane, was a business leader in her own right, as the founder of local catalog company QCI Direct.[11]

Search and recovery

Wreckage of the downed plane has still not been recovered as of September 7, 2014. US Coast Guard cutter and a helicopter crew were helping in the search off Jamaica and, as of September 8, the search for survivors was terminated indefinitely.[12]

Maps

Rochester
Naples
Location of the accident and departure airports
Approximate accident location shown within Jamaica

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Unresponsive private plane crashes off Jamaica". BBC News. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Torres-Bennett, Aileen; Helps, Horace (5 September 2014). "Unresponsive, private U.S. plane crashes off coast of Jamaica". Reuters. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Jansen, Bart; Andreatta, David (5 September 2014). "Rescuers search for traces of plane that crashed off Jamaica". USA Today. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Walker, Hunter (6 September 2014). "Unresponsive Plane Linked To Real Estate Company CEO". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Botelho, Greg (10 September 2014). "Pilot of unresponsive plane asked to descend before contact lost". CNN. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Orr, Steve (9 September 2014). "What went wrong on N.Y. business owners' plane?". USA Today. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Sarsfield, Kate (11 September 2014). "NTSB assigns investigator to lead TBM 900 crash probe". Flightglobal. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Tucker, Erika (5 September 2014). "Larry Glazer and wife die in crash of US aircraft N900KN off Jamaica". Global News. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Sharp, Brian (5 September 2014). "Glazer loss 'worst nightmare' for Rochester". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Plane Owned by Larry Glazer Has Crashed". WROC-TV. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Loudon, Bennett (5 September 2014). "Jane Glazer built QCI Direct into successful company". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Rescuers end search for NY couple's plane that crashed off Jamaica". Fox News. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

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