Florida plane crash victims identified as pilot Edward Murphy and co-pilot Ian Hoffman after flight collided with traffic on Naples highway resulting in fiery wreckage

Police officials have identified the two people killed and the survivors of yesterday’s plane crash on a Florida highway.

A Bombardier Challenger 60 plane crashed on I-75 outside Naples Friday afternoon at 3:15 p.m., killing two and leaving three survivors.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has named pilot Edward Daniel Murphy, 50, and second-in-command Ian Frederick Hofmann, 65, as victims of the crash.

Officials clarified that Murphy was from Oakland Park, Florida, and Hofmann was from Pompano Beach, Florida.

Survivors include crew member Sydney Ann Bosmans, 23, along with passengers Aaron Baker, 35, and Audra Green, 23.

While Bosmans was also from Florida, Baker and Green were from Columbus, Ohio.

All three survivors were taken to an area hospital for treatment of their injuries.

The pilots reported a double engine failure shortly before the crash during a confrontational emergency call to air traffic control.

Hours after the crash, there was also disturbing noise from air traffic control just before the crash, filled with utter panic.

The plane was one minute away from making an emergency landing at Naples airport, but another audio moment shows how the pilot already knew they wouldn’t make it.

“Okay, Challenger, Hop-A-Jet 823, lost both engines, emergency. I’m making an emergency landing,’ the pilot said.

Air traffic control told colleagues that there was an emergency and informed the pilot that he could land on runway 23.

But the pilot replied: ‘We can land, but we won’t make it to the runway. We lost both engines.”

Painful seconds of silence pass before a moment of pure, unintelligible panic hits the pilot.

Air traffic control sends back, but it is already too late. The next transmission is another warning from the controller that an emergency was in progress.

“Everyone on standby, there’s an emergency going on, everyone on standby,” she said.

Seconds later, a rescue helicopter requests permission and it is granted immediately. The plane landed just 7.5 kilometers from the airport.

Dramatic photos and videos taken by passing motorists showed the burning wreckage and debris strewn across the highway.

One video showed an explosion rocking the burning plane, and seconds later the charred left wing fell off.

At least one brave motorist was seen rushing to the crashed plane, hoping to help the survivors despite the extreme danger.

According to data from FlightAware, the flight was en route from Ohio State University Airport to Naples Airport, although the college says the plane was only using its facilities and had no connection to the university itself.

The plane was owned by Hop-a-Jet, a Florida-based private charter company, and was not related to the university.

The company said it had received “confirmed reports of an accident involving one of our leased aircraft near Naples” and that it would send a team to the crash site.

“Our immediate concern is for the well-being of our passengers, crew members and their families,” the report said.

The Federal Aviation Authority closed all southbound lanes for 24 hours while they investigated the accident.

One FAA investigator was already on scene and more were expected to arrive this weekend. A preliminary report should be issued within 30 days.

Police and emergency workers flooded the scene and state forces opened the northern country only four hours after the accident.