Thursday, April 29, 2010
Airplane Crash Victims Identified
KENTUCKY...
On Tuesday Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard received a call from the Federal Aviation Administration regarding a downed plane. Wednesday, the bodies of Stephen and Beverly Reardon, who are from Maryland, were removed from the site where their Hawker Beechcraft 58 crashed in a remote area southwest of Hazard. Officials say the plane was traveling from Frederick, Md., to Olive Branch, Miss. when air traffic controllers lost radar contact just before 12:30 P.M. when it was flying at 2,500 feet. A company from the Atlanta area was brought in to remove the wreckage from the side of the mountain. Investigators are taking the remains of the plane to a facility in Atlanta to be examined.
On Tuesday Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard received a call from the Federal Aviation Administration regarding a downed plane. Wednesday, the bodies of Stephen and Beverly Reardon, who are from Maryland, were removed from the site where their Hawker Beechcraft 58 crashed in a remote area southwest of Hazard. Officials say the plane was traveling from Frederick, Md., to Olive Branch, Miss. when air traffic controllers lost radar contact just before 12:30 P.M. when it was flying at 2,500 feet. A company from the Atlanta area was brought in to remove the wreckage from the side of the mountain. Investigators are taking the remains of the plane to a facility in Atlanta to be examined.