Investigators survey scene of fatal crash at Central Florida airport<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n F<\/span>ive<\/strong> people, including four members of the same family, were killed on Sunday morning when their twin-engine plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at Bartow Municipal Airport in Polk County, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n Imagine your\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Ad<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0placed\u00a0here<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n The pilot,\u00a070-year-old John Shannon, and his four passengers<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 including two daughters, a son-in-law and a family friend \u2014 were killed immediately, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere was no chance of survival,\u201d Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said, according to WTSP-TV. \u201cWhen you look at the crash, the only thing that you say is, \u2018Nobody suffered.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Shannon, a lawyer from Lakeland, Florida, had\u00a0planned to fly the Cessna 340 plane to Key West<\/a>, typically about a 45-minute journey. The group had intended to have lunch in Key West on Christmas Eve before flying back later in the day, The New York Times reported.<\/span><\/p>\n The crash victims were identified as Olivia Shannon, a 24-year-old Southeastern University student; Victoria Shannon Worthington, a 26-year-old teacher who lived in Baltimore; Peter Worthington Jr., a 27-year-old University of Maryland law student; and Krista Clayton, a 32-year-old teacher from Lakeland.<\/span><\/p>\n The Worthingtons, who were married in June, had arrived in Florida from Maryland on Friday for the Christmas holiday, according to the Times.<\/span><\/p>\n The cause of the crash remains unknown, but officials said the plane was heading into\u00a0very dense and heavy fog<\/a>\u00a0when it took off. Visibility at the time had been \u201cpretty much zero,\u201d an airport official said, according to the Times.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNo one should have attempted to take off in a small plane in that weather,\u201d said Judd,\u00a0who the Times reported was a longtime friend of the pilot.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur heart breaks,\u201d the sheriff said, per WTSP-TV. \u201cYou know, certainly, we wish we could rewind this and if we could, I would wrestle him to the floor to keep him from getting into this airplane this morning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Community still in shock after plane crash leaves 5 dead in Bartow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Newsweek<\/span><\/p>\n Florida Plane Crash: Everything We Know About the Bartow Accident That Killed Lawyer and His Two Daughters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A Christmas Eve getaway turned into a holiday tragedy on Sunday for one Florida lawyer and his family.<\/p>\n John Shannon\u00a0along with<\/a>\u00a0his two daughters, Olivia and Victoria, the latter\u2019s husband Peter Worthington, Jr. and Krista Clayton, a family friend, piled into his twin-engine Cessna 340 plane at Bartow Municipal Airport early Sunday morning to head to Key West for the day.<\/p>\n They\u00a0pulled out of the hangar<\/a>\u00a0around 6:30 a.m. took off at about 7:15 a.m. but almost immediately afterwards, the plane fell back to the ground and caught fire. The crash killed Shannon and his four passengers\u00a0on or immediately after\u00a0impact<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was no chance of survival\u2014ever,\u201d\u00a0Polk Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters<\/a>. \u201cThe crash is so horrific that no one suffered,\u201d he added. “This is an absolutely horrific tragedy<\/a>, especially on Christmas Eve. Please keep these victims and their family members in your prayers.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u00a0which will investigate the deaths<\/a>, the cause of the crash was not immediately clear, but it was\u00a0likely related to the heavy fog<\/a>, which\u00a0brought visibility down to near zero<\/a>. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. The\u00a0medical examiner will confirm<\/a>\u00a0the identities of the victims and autopsies will determine the precise causes of death, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n A photographer who was trying to capture images of the foggy morning\u00a0ended up recording the crash<\/a>. \u201cHe said, \u2018I couldn’t believe that they were taking off in this fog,\u2019\u201d said Judd, who explained that authorities now have the video. \u201cThere was not one sign of the aircraft that was, obviously, was soaked in a very dense, very heavy fog at the airbase.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what we know about the victims of the crash so far:<\/p>\n John Shannon<\/strong>, 70, was an attorney in Lakeland, Florida, who worked on serious injury, death and insurance claims cases,\u00a0according to his website<\/a>. A\u00a0former marine<\/a>, he got his private pilot\u2019s certificate in 2010 and flew supplies to Key West, Sunday\u2019s destination, after Hurricane Irma. He\u00a0ran for a seat<\/a>\u00a0in the Florida House of Representatives in 2014 but lost.<\/p>\n He was also president of the Republican Club of Lakeland, bringing in speakers in the last year to discuss infrastructure and other issues. \u201cHe wanted to see Lakeland thrive,\u201d Chad Davis, the club\u2019s vice president,\u00a0told the\u00a0Tampa Bay Times<\/em><\/a>, and felt voters \u201cneeded to know more about the issues and not just the people that are running.\u201d<\/p>\n At the local Kiwanis Club, Shannon was \u201cthe kind of member that every volunteer club needs and wants,\u201d Barbara Nivala, the club\u2019s secretary,\u00a0told the\u00a0Tampa Bay Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI sometimes would think, \u2018As an attorney, how in the world did he have enough time to do that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Olivia Shannon<\/strong>,\u00a024, was a student at Southeastern University in Lakeland.<\/p>\n Victoria Shannon Worthington<\/strong>, 26, was a fourth-grade teacher at Baltimore International Academy in Baltimore.<\/p>\n Peter Worthington Jr.<\/strong>, 27, was a third-year law student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.<\/p>\n Krista Clayton<\/strong>, 32, was a teacher at Jewett Academy in nearby Winter Haven.<\/p>\n On Sunday afternoon, the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0tweeted that<\/a>\u00a0\u201cour agency has nothing else to release regarding the #BartowPlaneCrash. @FAANews and @NTSB_Newsroom will release any further info about the crash. Autopsies will be done later this week & we will release causes of death once they are.\u201d<\/p>\n This article was first written by Newsweek<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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