The plane ran out of fuel over South Dakota and crashed into a field near Aberdeen after an uncontrolled descent, killing all six on board. The two pilots were Michael Kling and Stephanie Bellegarrigue.
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The plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Montebello, Virginia, at 3:32 p.m.
The other four crew members survived, as well as all of the 89 passengers, thanks to Captain Bob Schornstheimer and First Officer Mimi Tompkins. “The way the plane was and the way he landed it was so perfect. Just one mistake and the thing could've just broke right in half,” said passenger Lopaka Brown.
There have been an average of 1,200 almost empty ghost flights a month since the start of 2020, when numbers jumped at the start of the Covid pandemic. Most of these – about 80% – were to or from foreign destinations.
The sole survivor of the crash was Cecelia Cichan, a four-year-old girl from Tempe, Arizona, who was returning home alongside her mother, Paula, father, Michael, and a six-year-old brother, David, after visiting relatives in Pennsylvania.