Miami, United States. – A tragic plane accident occurred on Friday morning near Boca Mouse airport, in Florida, left a balance of three deceased people and one more injured, as confirmed by local authorities. The plane involved, a Cessna 310R built in 1977, rushed to the ground shortly after taking off, hit a vehicle and caused a great explosion.
“The three people who were aboard the plane did not survive. A person on land was transferred to a nearby hospital with injuries that do not put their lives at risk,” said Boca Mouse’s rescue service in a statement.
The incident occurred around 10:20 in the morning, when the aircraft, which had taken off from the local airport to Tallahassee, began to experience mechanical problems. This was confirmed by Michael Lasalleboss and spokesman for Boca Mouse Fire Rescue, who added that the pilot reported failures shortly before the incident.
Images of the place showed debris scattered under a high step and columns of black smoke rising from the impact site, which forced the temporary closure of an important section of the I-95 interstate highway and the Militrery Trail road. Boca Mouse airport also temporarily suspended its operations.
One of the witnesses closest to the accident was Pablo Tafur, driver of the car reached by the aircraft. “I saw the plane flying low and I kept driving. Sudden Tafur told the NBC6 chain.
The driver, who resulted in minor injuries, managed to get out of his vehicle wrapped in flames. “I left the car that was on fire, I crossed the flames and reached a safe place,” he said. Tafur, with first aid training in the army, tried to attend the occupants of the aircraft. “I ran back and tried to help, but there was nothing left to do, no one to help,” he lamented.
The flight was recorded on the Flightradar24 platform, which evidenced an erratic flight pattern. The aircraft took off shortly after 10:15 am and spent about 20 minutes turning on the area before falling. The pilot would have tried to return to the airport, but failed to control the ship.
Lorenzo Echeverria, pilot and flight instructor who lives a kilometer from the airport, also noticed something unusual. “I heard what looked like an abnormally noisy propeller plane. I thought it could be a military aircraft, but when I verified in a flight tracking application, I saw that I was flying to about 200 feet, which is extremely abnormal. I knew that something was wrong,” he told The New York Times.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Cessna 310R is a six -seater plane. So far the identities of fatal victims have not been disclosed.
The accident generated interruptions in rail and road traffic. Tri-Rail, the rail transport system of the area, reported affectations between the Deerfield Beach and Boca Mouse stations. Meanwhile, the Local Police asked to avoid the area, which was insured by emergency bodies.
The incident will be investigated by the FAA and the National Board of Transportation Security (NTSB, by SS acronym in English). The authorities will examine the remains of the plane and analyze the possible causes of the technical failure reported by the pilot.
The mouse tragedy occurs just one day after another plane crash in the United States, in which a Spanish family of five people and a pilot died when a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River during a Tour by New York.
