Federal officials investigating death of co-pilot who exited plane in mid-air in North Carolina
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It is unclear whether the 23-year-old co-pilot jumped or fell from the plane, authorities say. He was not wearing a parachute when his body was recovered.
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Federal officials are investigating the death of a co-pilot who exited a plane in mid-air in North Carolina
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Co-Pilot Dead After Fall or Jump From Small Plane Making Emergency Landing
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Federal officials investigating death of co-pilot who exited plane in mid-air in North Carolina
By Tina Burnside and Paradise Afshar, CNN The body of a man who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing Friday near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, authorities say. Around 2:40 p.m.
The man's body was found in the backyard of a home near North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham International Airport, where the pilot was able to land the plane.
A pilot's body was found in Fuquay-Varina, nearly 30 miles away from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, where a plane he took off in eventually landed without him.
It is unclear whether the 23-year-old co-pilot jumped or fell from the plane, authorities say. He was not wearing a parachute when his body was recovered.
A 23-year-old Raleigh man died Friday after he jumped or fell out of a plane that went on to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
