Cheyenne ulykke med fire døde

Pilot reported smoke in cockpit before crash that killed 4 The twin-engine Piper Cheyenne was about two miles from landing at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport when the pilot made a distress call, reporting smoke in the cockpit on Sunday afternoon. Four people were killed when a twin-engine plane crashed into the trees. (Brian Ballou) "He was given clearance to land, any runway he chose, because he did make a distress call," said Ralph Hicks, senior accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. The pilot attempted to land on a runway aiming to the southeast, but the turboprop never made it. It dove toward the ground, crashed and burst into flames in a wooded area about a quarter of a mile northwest of the runway. All four on board were killed.