2 people killed in plane crash in Broward County
Source: WPLG
Plane strikes building before crashing to ground
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A small plane crashed Friday morning in Broward County, resulting in two fatalities.
The crash occurred around 9 a.m. in an industrial area at 1781 S. Park Road in Pembroke Park.
Sky 10 was above the scene shortly before 9:30 a.m. The bodies of two people were visible toward the front of the plane, surrounded by debris.
“I was walking out of the storage when I heard an explosion,” Armando Perez told reporters at the scene in Spanish. “I came out and saw the plane and two bodies. Had I gone out a minute earlier, the plane would’ve fallen on me.”
BSO Sgt. Don Prichard said police, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue and Hollywood Fire Rescue crews were dispatched to the scene.
The plane struck a building before it crashed to the ground, but Prichard said it appears that no one was inside the building at the time.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration registry, the plane is a 1969 twin-engine Aero Commander 500S that is registered to Conquest Air. Inc. out of Miami Lakes.
Prichard said the plane had taken off in Pompano Beach and was heading to Opa-locka. It was only in the air for a few minutes before it crashed.
Steven J. Grey, who flies for Total Traffic, told Local 10 News reporter Jeff Weinsier that the pilot could be heard panicking before impact.
“It sounds like the pilot keyed up the radio before the plane went down, or the copilot, and was screaming,” Grey said. “We just landed at Hollywood North Perry Airport and my pilot’s listening on the radio and he hears, “Oh, f! Oh, f! Oh my gosh!’”
Grey said the tower didn’t get a response from the plane after that, and then declared an emergency and told other aircraft in the area to hold.
“Our concern is with the pilots and their families,” a statement from Conquest Air read in part. “We will continue to work with the relevant authorities to obtain more information regarding this situation.”
According to the statement, the plane was not used in the company’s normal cargo operation.
FAA spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, with the NTSB taking the lead in the investigation.
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