According to reports, Crooks wasn’t wearing a parachute at the time he jumped or fell off the aircraft.
A 23-year-old co-pilot of a small cargo plane died either by jumping or falling from the aircraft in North Carolina after the plane’s landing gear suffered a fault. Charles Hew Crooks‘ body was found in Fuquay-Varina on Friday after an extensive search that involved multiple counties, state and federal agencies.
According to reports, Crooks wasn’t wearing a parachute at the time he jumped or fell off the aircraft. It isn’t known what exactly happened but authorities believe that he either jumped or fell from the plane after the landing gear malfunctioned. However, the unnamed pilot of the plane managed to land the plane in a grass area at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after the incident.
Crooks and a pilot were onboard a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar when it took off Friday. However, just before it was attempting to land, the landing gear suffered a fault. Authorities investigating the incident said that Crooks either jumped or fell at that time.
He wasn’t wearing a parachute, which resulted in his death. However, it wasn’t easy recovering his body as it had fallen off far away from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport where the plane was destined to land.
