From Sentinel staff reports
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Authorities recovered the body of an
Jorge Garcia, 31, was the pilot of the single-engine Cessna
210 that went down about
The plane took off from
Deputies found the wreckage about a half-mile south of
Alligator Alley in the
Graf said the Sheriff's Office first received a call from someone on a cell phone who said he saw lights coming down from the sky. Ten minutes later, an air control tower told the Sheriff's Office that they had lost contact with the Cessna.
The plane was registered to Flight Express Inc. of Orlando,
an air courier company serving 21 states in the Southeast and
John Kirchhoefer, the company's
president, said Garcia was traveling to the
Kirchhoefer said the cause of the accident was not yet known.
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BSO recovers body of dead pilot
The body of an
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH
kdeutsch@herald.com
The body of a 31-year-old
Jorge Garcia was the pilot and believed to be the sole passenger of the single-engine Cessna 210 cargo plane that crashed about a half mile south of Alligator Alley, near mile marker 28.
The Broward Sheriff's Office recovered Garcia's body in
shallow water about
''From what we saw of the wreckage [Friday night], from the beginning there was very little hope this was going to be a rescue operation,'' said Hugh Graf, a BSO spokesman.
The plane, which was owned by Flight Express Inc., an
Orlando-based air courier company, took off from
THE SEARCH
BSO received a cellphone call at
About 10 minutes later, an air traffic control tower in
Local authorities searched the area. BSO's dive team, marine unit, crime scene investigators, deputies and homicide detectives responded, as did the Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
At
According to the company's website, Flight Express serves
the Southeast and
Garcia had worked at the company for only a few months, said his sister, Martha Frook.
In June, Garcia married his fiancée Jackie and moved from
his hometown of
Garcia had a degree in aviation from
''Flying was his passion,'' said Frook. ``He was very happy with his job.''
Garcia's regular flight route was from
The Broward Medical Examiner's Office was expected to conduct an autopsy.
Flight Express is responsible for removing the debris, said National Transportation Safety Board air safety investigator John Lovell.
POSSIBLE CAUSES
The wind was ''blowing pretty badly'' at the time of the crash, Lovell told WSVN-Fox 7. Lovell said he would try to determine whether the plane had flown into a storm cell.
He said the plane had mowed down grass in the area, which, he said, ``suggested that the engine and propeller was turning when he impacted.''
The NTSB and FAA will also examine such factors as pilot
performance, maintenance, and cargo loading, said Kathleen Bergen, an FAA
spokeswoman in
''It will be looked at very thoroughly,'' she said. ``Our goal is to prevent this type of thing from happening again.''
A NTSB report on the accident could take six to eight months, Lovell said.
Herald Staff Writer Jerry Berrios contributed to this report.
Body of crashed plane’s pilot found in
Sun-Sentinel.com
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FORT LAUDERDALE -- Rescue workers recovered the body of a pilot in the Everglades early Saturday after a New Year's Eve crash a half mile south of Alligator Alley, a Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman said.
Jorge Garcia, 31, of
Sun-Sentinel.com
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Body of crashed plane's pilot found in
Rescue workers recovered the body of a pilot in the
Jorge Garcia, 31, of
The plane belonged to Flight Express Inc., an Orlando-based air-courier company serving customers such as banks, publishers and overnight freight delivery companies.
Company President John Kirchhoefer
said Garcia was flying to
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The plane belonged to Flight Express Inc., an Orlando-based air-courier company serving customers such as banks, publishers, and overnight freight delivery companies.
Company President John KirchhoeferÖ
said Garcia was flying to
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
By The Associated Press
Authorities recovered the body of an
Jorge Garcia, 31, was the pilot of the single-engine Cessna
210 that went down around
The plane took off from
Sheriff's deputies found the wreckage about a half mile
south of Alligator Alley in the
Graf said the sheriff's office first received a call from someone on a cell phone who said he saw lights coming down from the sky. Ten minutes later, an air control tower told the sheriff's office that they had lost contact with the Cessna.
The plane was registered to Flight Express Inc. of Orlando,
an air courier company serving 21 states in the Southeast and
John Kirchhoefer, the company's
president, said Garcia was traveling to the
Kirchhoefer said the cause of the
accident was not yet known. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety
Board are investigating. An NTSB spokesman in