The bodies of two men and two women were found after a sickening plane crash in the ocean off the Florida bank. The pilot was recognized as 64-year-old William Geoffrey Lumpkin. The plane had taken off from the Venice Air terminal when it collided with the Ensenada de México at around 9:30 p.m.
The bodies of two men and two women have been found after a sickening plane crash when their plane plunged into the ocean off the Florida coast.
In a public interview, Venice police said the four dead, including two married couples, were preparing the plane when it crashed in a faraway part of a Venice fishing pier. The small plane had taken off from the Venice Air terminal when it collided with Mexico Bay west of the city’s fishing pier around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The pilot was identified as William Geoffrey Lumpkin, 64, and other casualties were Patricia Anne Lumpkin, 68, Ricky Joe Beaver, 60, and Elizabeth Anne Beaver, 57. The four were the main passengers on the plane.
The Beavers were from Noblesville, Indiana, and the Lumpkins were from Fishers, Indiana. Salvage crews recovered debris from the crashed plane and the bodies of William Geoffrey Lumpkin and Ricky Joe Beaver on Wednesday night.
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The bodies of the two women, Patricia Anne Lumpkin and Elizabeth Anne Beaver, were located Thursday near the wreckage.
Venice police commander Andy Leisenring said the four travelers left St. Petersburg and traveled to Venice around 5 p.m. They stopped the plane at the air terminal and ate at a restaurant on the pier. They returned to the air terminal after 9:00 p.m. and crashed shortly after 9:30 p.m.
Crews from the US Coast Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Preservation Commission and the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office proceeded to search the trash field Thursday morning.
The Public Transport Safety Board and the Government Flight Organization have also been informed. The reason for the accident was not quickly clear. Venice is about 58 miles south of St. Petersburg on the Florida Inlet Coast.
In December, a couple and their little daughter had been killed in a similar accident off Venice.
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