Two found dead after single-engine Cessna plane crashes into Florida Everglades’ Alligator Alley as officials investigate cause
- The wreckage of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk was discovered by officials north of Interstate 75 near Broward County on Wednesday
- The Broward Sheriff Office Fire Department confirmed that two people died in the plane crash, but their identities are currently unknown
- Footage from the scene showed debris strewn across the swamp and a plume of smoke billowing from the plane as part of it burned.
Two people have been killed after a single-engine plane crashed in the Florida Everglades’ alligator alley.
The wreckage of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk was discovered by officials north of Interstate 75 near Broward County on Wednesday.
Footage from the scene showed debris strewn across the swamp and a plume of smoke billowing from the plane as part of it burned.
The Broward Sheriff Office Fire Department confirmed that two people died in the plane crash, but their identities are currently unknown.
Two people killed after single-engine plane crashed into Florida Everglades’ alligator alley
One of the victim’s bodies was covered with a yellow tarp at the scene, north of Miami.
The cause of the crash is currently unknown and is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
The wreckage of the single-engine Cessna was found by authorities around 10:50 a.m., but it is believed the plane took off from North Perry Airport on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Broward Sheriff Office’s Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane said the plane disappeared from radar about 15 minutes after takeoff.
But authorities didn’t get a call about it until 10:30 a.m. the next day.
It is unclear why it took so long to warn others of the plane in distress.
The wreckage of the single-engine Cessna was found by authorities around 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, but it is believed the plane took off from North Perry Airport on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
The wreckage of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk was discovered by officials north of Interstate 75 near Broward County on Wednesday. Pictured: File photo of Cessna 172 Skyhawk
“Our local fire station, about three or four miles away, responded with their airboat and other resources,” Kane said.
‘They were able to make contact with that plane very quickly, about 40 minutes. Unfortunately, the two occupants of that plane had already died.
‘They were beyond help at this point. If the plane crashed like it apparently did at 6:45 a.m., then you’re talking 16 hours, 18 hours that those two parties were there in the Everglades.”
The fire in the wreckage was caused by the plane’s fuel burning off.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Broward Sheriff Office for comment.