{"id":55367,"date":"2017-12-26T05:01:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T05:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55367"},"modified":"2017-12-26T05:05:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T05:05:48","slug":"four-family-members-killed-in-christmas-eve-plane-crash-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/four-family-members-killed-in-christmas-eve-plane-crash-in-florida.html","title":{"rendered":"Four family members killed in Christmas Eve plane crash in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Four family members killed in Christmas Eve plane crash in Florida<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Four family members killed in Christmas Eve plane crash in Florida:- Five people, including four members of one family, were killed when their twin-engine plane crashed during takeoff Sunday morning at a small airport about 40 miles east of Tampa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The plane, a Cessna 340, was taking off from Bartow Municipal Airport just after 7 a.m. in a dense fog when it crashed and caught fire, said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">There were no survivors and &#8220;no chance of survival,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;It is a tragedy any day of the week,&#8221; Judd said. &#8220;It is a worse tragedy on Christmas Eve.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The pilot was identified as 70-year-old John Shannon, an attorney from Lakeland, Florida. Two daughters, a son-in-law and a family friend were also killed, Judd said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Olivia Shannon, 24, was a student at Southeastern University in Lakeland. Victoria Shannon Worthington, 26, and her husband, Peter Worthington Jr., 27, also were on board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Victoria was a school teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, and Peter was a law student at the University of Maryland, Judd said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Family friend Krista Clayton, 32, was a teacher in Lakeland and a mother of two, Judd said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Judd described John Shannon as an active member of the community, serving as president of the local Kiwanis Club and president of The Republican Club of Lakeland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The group was flying to Key West where they planned to spend the day, Judd said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An airport employee who was photographing the thick fog captured sound of the crash on video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">After reviewing the video, Judd said no one should have been taking off in that weather.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;You can hear the engine as it revved up and as the plane took off, and there&#8217;s not one sign of the aircraft that was obviously soaked in a very dense, very heavy fog.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The NTSB and FAA will investigate the cause of the crash, he said. 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