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.
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 said. Around 2:40 p.m.
A 911 call from air traffic controllers suggests that a co-pilot may have jumped from a damaged plane before the other pilot made an emergency landing in North Carolina. That's according to a recording of the call that was released Tuesday.
A 911 call from air traffic controllers suggests that a co-pilot may have jumped from a damaged plane before the other pilot made an emergency landing in North Carolina.
The story of a North Carolina flight instructor jumping out of an aircraft over damaged landing gear is highly unlikely, according to a an expert pilot and lawyer.
Two FAA employees at Raleigh-Durham International Airport told 911 dispatchers that the surviving pilot reported his co-pilot jumped before an emergency landing.
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