CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – Dr. Peter Hertzak has died in a plane crash into the Gulf of Mexico today, Coast Guard officials claim. Dr. Peter Hertzak was flying a Cessna 421 plane before he crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. FAA officials tell news that they lost contact with Hertzak after he took off this morning. Hertzak had left Slidell en route to Sarasota, Florida.
After contact was lost, two NORAD jets were dispatched promptly. They were able to locate and fly alongside the jet thereafter. But Hertzak allegedly became incapacitated. Two F-15 fighters confirmed that the pilot simply became unconscious during flight. They assert the plane lost fuel, headed off its path, and crashed into the Gulf.
Coast Guard Chief John Edwards tells news that Hertzak’s plane crashed into the water, and remained floating. But thereafter, the plane sunk into the gulf. Officials confirm that no life raft was spotted at the point of impact, roughly 120 miles from Tampa.
No one else was on board. Edwards in a news statement says “The plane did what we would refer to as a soft landing, meaning it wasn’t a violent impact in the water; it was floating it was intact and right side up”. Edwards said the fighter jets were unable to make visual observation of Hertzak because his windows were fogged up.
http://news.lalate.com/2012/04/19/dr-peter-hertzak-dies-in-gulf-of-mexico-plane-crash-coast-guard/
One wonders if the good doctor is on a boat somewhere headed in search an anonymous life somewhere in some sleepy little Latin American village.
Thank you for that update.
I noticed the reporter classed the Cessna 421 as a jet:
“They were able to locate and fly alongside the jet...”
Given this I’m surprised the reporter didn’t call it a Glock.