Posted on 07/30/2022 9:06:11 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A 23-year-old man who “exited” a plane Friday afternoon before it made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport was found dead around 7 p.m. in Fuquay-Varina, authorities said.
...Crooks was the plane’s co-pilot
That was the tragic ending to a confusing emergency at RDU Friday. Around 3 p.m., a twin-engine turbo prop aircraft reported landing gear issues as it approached the airport, according to the airport. The plane landed on Runway 5R-23L and veered into the grass, according to the airport. The pilot, the only passenger on the plane when it reached the ground, was taken to a Duke University hospital with minor injuries, an airport spokesperson said.
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He chose poorly
Nothing yet from the pilot yet on why the copilot was not in the cockpit.
The author of the story chose to write poorly.
5 minutes from my house. Very weird.
I exited a plane a few weeks ago, of course I had a parachute.
Darwin wins again.
He just had to get the Fuquay from the aircraft.
Fuquay-Varina! Fuquay-Varina? Fuquay-Varina.
I’ll be damned, learn a new location damn near every day.
I assume this comes from the French 2-3 centuries ago?
Remember, it’s not the fall that kills you... it’s the sudden stop when you hit the ground.
It’s been a while for me, but I too, will go to my grave having taken off in more planes than I’ve landed in.
I exited a plane last month but didn’t need a parachute because it landed safely then taxied to the gate.
So the co-pilot jumped out of the plane?
So horribly sad!
Strangely written. One statement that he was the do-pilot but otherwise, just talk of him as “a man”. I can’t believe if the pilot is basically fine, they did not get any statement from him yet to flesh it out and humanize it.
The way it’s set up you’d think the poor guy was a stowaway or something.
Agreed.
Pure speculation on my part, but perhaps he was attempting to unstick the landing gear and fell.
Landing without landing gear (landing gear issues) or landing without a plane...Hummmm, Which would I choose?
One of the guys in our group has never once landed in an airplane.
This was his first ever flight and he jumped out.
Very possible.
thank you...
Bttt.
5.56mm
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