The Latest Breaking News from Charles Hew Crooks

Autopsy sheds new light on death of pilot who exited plane without parachute

The autopsy ruled the death an accident

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022

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

Aircraft was flying parachuters when emergency landing ‘upset’ 23-year-old

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

New radio traffic reveal how massive search mobilized after co-pilot ‘jumped’ from plane

New 911 calls released Wednesday reveal how the Triangle region’s emergency responders quickly mobilized to begin searching for a co-pilot who had reportedly jumped from a plane before it made an emergency landing at North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

Mystery over death of co-pilot whose body landed in back garden of family's home

Charles Hew Crooks jumped or fell from midair and landed in a family's garden after the small plane he was copiloting lost a wheel and failed to land in North Carolina

Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022

After NC co-pilot ‘exited’ plane, questions remain, sadness lingers where he was found

RALEIGH, N.C. — Since Friday, Emily Osborn hasn’t been able to go into her backyard, let alone look at the forest of trees that peer over her back fence.

Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022

Pilot found dead after exiting plane without parachute during emergency landing

It was not immediately clear if Charles Hew Crooks jumped from the plane or fell out of the aircraft

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

23-year-old North Carolina man who ‘exited’ plane found dead after massive search

RALEIGH, N.C. — A 23-year-old man who “exited” a plane Friday afternoon before it made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport was found dead around 7 p.m. Friday in Fuquay-Varina, authorities said.

Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022