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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Pilot said he ‘needed air’ before exiting plane and plummeting to his death

NBC News via WRAL

A young pilot who became “visibly upset” about an emergency landing in North Carolina last month allegedly told his copilot he needed some air before jumping to his death, officials have said.

Charles Hew Crooks, 23,  jumped to his death from an aircraft flying over North Carolina on 29 July, a preliminary report released on Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board said. 

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