Plane headed to Key West for holiday crashes, killing 5 - News Summed Up

Plane headed to Key West for holiday crashes, killing 5


BARTOW, Fla. — A small plane headed to Key West for the Christmas holiday crashed Sunday at the end of a runway at a Florida airport, killing five people, authorities said. He had filed a flight plan to fly Sunday from Bartow to Key West, Horstman said. They were identified as: 24-year-old Southeastern University student Olivia Shannon, 26-year-old Baltimore teacher Victoria Shannon Worthington, 27-year-old University of Maryland law student Peter Worthington Jr. and 32-year-old Lakeland teacher Krista Clayton. The Worthingtons had arrived in Florida on Saturday for the Christmas holiday, Horstman said. The private plane was heading east into heavy fog when it took off, according to the sheriff’s office.


Source: Washington Post December 24, 2017 17:49 UTC



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