A Russian-speaking family with three children died in a terrible plane crash in Tennessee

On March 4, five Canadians died in a small plane crash in Nashville, Tennessee. The pilot told air traffic controllers that the plane was "too far" from the airport to make an emergency landing, reports CBC.

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Investigators in Tennessee have confirmed that five Russian-speaking Canadians died in the crash of the single-engine plane they were traveling on. This happened on the evening of March 4 near downtown Nashville. The victims were 39-year-old Rimma Dotsenko, her husband, 43-year-old Victor, and their three children - David, Adam and Emma.

The pilot radioed air traffic controllers around 19:40 local time. He reported that the plane's engine had stalled.

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Nashville police said the control tower cleared the plane for an emergency landing at John C. Thune Airport, west of downtown Nashville, but the pilot said the plane would not make it to the runway.

The aircraft crashed on Interstate 40 behind a Costco store and caught fire.

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The plane took off from Ontario and all signs suggest it was headed to John C. Thune Airport. It took off from the Milton area, about 55 kilometers west of Toronto, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

"I do not have time"

According to a recording of the conversation, the plane's pilot told air traffic controllers that he could see the runway being cleared for their emergency landing. But he said that he would not have time to reach her.

“I’m going to land, I don’t know where!” — was all the pilot managed to say before the plane crashed.

According to him, he flew over the airport at an altitude of about 762 meters and circled around it trying to land.

Controllers cleared the second runway at the airport and advised him to bring the plane down. But by that time the plane had already dropped to 488 meters.

“I'm too far away. I can’t do this,” he said.

This was the last they heard from the pilot of the aircraft, who disappeared from radar due to loss of altitude.

The plane fell out of the sky

The plane crashed while Matthew Weiser was driving on the motorway and he posted a photo of the burning wreckage on social media.

“I saw the plane just fall out of the sky, fall and hit the ground at about a 45-degree angle,” Weiser said. — When he fell to the ground, an explosion occurred to a height of 9 to 12 meters. And all traffic on the highway stopped.”

Air traffic controllers then directed the helicopter crew to inspect the area near the airport in search of the downed plane, while preventing other aircraft from entering the emergency zone.

Within minutes, a stream of emergency vehicles arrived at the scene, Weiser said.

They found the plane on fire in the grass just off the highway “behind the Costco store on the west side of town, which is almost five kilometers south of the general aviation airport. Authorities said no vehicles or buildings on the ground were damaged.

The investigation will last several months

According to the Canadian Civil Aircraft Registry, air traffic control radio recordings refer to a Piper PA-32R aircraft manufactured in 1978 and based in Ontario.

"We don't know if this aircraft has had any problems in the past," said Aaron McCarter, an accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). “That’s something to look at later.”

He said the plane made several stops, including one in Erie, Pennsylvania, and another in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, before the pilot radioed air traffic controllers at the airport. In his opinion, there was most likely refueling at the stops.

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McCarter said he has maintenance records on the plane but does not have details of the pilot's flight history.

It is also unclear whether there were any misunderstandings between the pilot and air traffic controllers, he said.

“We are at the beginning of this investigation,” McCarter said. He said a factual report would be compiled in the next 9 to 12 months to determine the possible cause of the disaster.

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