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Vassia Barba

'My daughter and grandchild died in a private jet crash - I wish it had been me instead'

A grief-stricken man has expressed how he wished he had been on the plane that killed his adoptive daughter and granddaughter.

Heartbroken John Rumpel has spoken out over losing his daughter, Adina Azarian, and his granddaughter, Aria, in the private plane crash in rural Virginia, US, last Sunday, June 4.

Four passengers, including Adina, Aria, nanny Evadine Smith and pilot Jeff Hefner, died after the jet they were travelling in lost contact with air traffic controllers and crashed into a mountain in Virginia.

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