Feras M. Freitekh
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Feras M. Freitekh was a Jordanian citizen who was given permission to come to the U.S. in 2012 for the purpose of attending flight school. In 2016 in Connecticut, he crashed the small twin-engine Piper PA 34 Seneca airplane he was flying into a utility pole near an occupied vehicle on the ground. Power was knocked for 500 people for most of the day. Freitekh was the only person killed in the incident. His flight instructor, who survived the crash, said that Freitekh got into an argument and they wrestled for control of the airplane after he refused to continue flying, and had deliberately crashed the plane.[1][2]
Local investigators asked the FBI to investigate because the crash was just across the street from the "critical infrastructure" of the Pratt & Whitney headquarters which is a defense contractor for aircraft engines. Investigators have concluded the crash was an intentional act motivated by suicide rather than terrorism, though nothing was being ruled out. It may possibly have been in despair because of this poor performance in flight school, though he was already certified for single-engine flying. The FBI was investigating, but he was not known to intelligence agencies, no religious statements were heard, nothing else to pointed to terrorism.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Official: Deadly Conn. plane crash appeared to be suicide attempt, CBS News, October 12, 2016
- ↑ Survivor of Connecticut Plane Crash Tells of Argument in Cockpit, New York Times, October 12, 2016
- ↑ "U.S. investigators see suicide behind Connecticut plane crash: sources". Reuters. 13 October 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ↑ . fox61 news. October 13, 2016 http://fox61.com/2016/10/13/source-investigators-believe-east-hartford-plane-crash-was-suicide-not-terrorism/. Missing or empty
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See also[edit]
- Suicide by pilot
- 2010 Austin intentional plane crash deliberately crashed into office complex in Austin, Texas, killing himself and an Internal Revenue Service manager.
- 2002 Tampa airplane crash Young pilot crashes unauthorized plane into Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa and leaves a suicide note saying he was inspired by Sept 11 attacks and Bin Laden
- Mohammad Hassan Chaudhary Plane Crash Young man with no flight training steals plane, and crashes near mall halfway between Toronto and Ottawa.
- 2015 Akron Ohio business jet crash Pilot and co-pilot clash when flaps are not set and speed not maintained before crash into apartment building
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