News (Media Awareness Project) - US FL: 2 `Smugglers' Die In Training Flight |
| Title: | US FL: 2 `Smugglers' Die In Training Flight |
| Published On: | 2001-02-03 |
| Source: | Tampa Tribune (FL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-02 03:59:15 |
2 'SMUGGLERS' DIE IN TRAINING FLIGHT
MARATHON - A Coast Guard Auxiliary plane crashed during a training flight
in the Florida Keys, killing the two civilian crewmen.
Pilot Casey A. Purvis, 50, of West Palm Beach and co-pilot Rob S. Fuller,
49, of Miami were flying a single-engine propeller craft and pretending to
be drug smugglers headed into Florida. Their plane was being sought by a
Coast Guard Falcon jet when it disappeared at 7:55 p.m. Thursday.
After radio contact was lost, The plane's wreckage was located Friday
morning about 15 miles northeast of Marathon.
Both bodies were recovered.
MARATHON - A Coast Guard Auxiliary plane crashed during a training flight
in the Florida Keys, killing the two civilian crewmen.
Pilot Casey A. Purvis, 50, of West Palm Beach and co-pilot Rob S. Fuller,
49, of Miami were flying a single-engine propeller craft and pretending to
be drug smugglers headed into Florida. Their plane was being sought by a
Coast Guard Falcon jet when it disappeared at 7:55 p.m. Thursday.
After radio contact was lost, The plane's wreckage was located Friday
morning about 15 miles northeast of Marathon.
Both bodies were recovered.
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