Charles Hew Crooks, 23, who was not wearing a parachute, either jumped or fell from the plane, officials said.
during an emergency landing near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, police said.
The co-pilot, identified as Charles Hew Crooks, 23, was not wearing a parachute, Wake County emergency management spokesperson Darshan Patel said at a Friday evening news conference. Authorities believe Crooks either jumped or fell out of the plane. Crooks and a pilot were onboard a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar when it took off Friday. The plane landed in a grass area at Raleigh-Durham International Airport around 2:40 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said., the plane appears to skid off the runway and spin in a partial circle before coming to a stop.
A twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar is inspected following an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, N.C. on July 29, 2022.The pilot, who has not been identified, told air traffic control that there was an issue with the landing gear and asked to make an emergency landing at the airport,. The pilot suffered minor injuries and has been released from the hospital, WRAL reported.
Multiple agencies assisted in searching for Crooks. His body was recovered in a Fuquay-Varina neighborhood just before 7 p.m. after a resident flagged down an officer, saying they heard a noise behind their property.This story first appeared on
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