TRENTON-- A plane has crashed in Mt. Laurel, NJ today and has left 3 people dead, authorities said. The three people names are Sarah Siddens, 38, from Rahway, NJ , Esteban Vasquez, 58, from Trenton, NJ , and Christopher Brennan, 29, from South, NJ , authorities claim. Brian Johnson, head of Mercer County Airport public relations, said, “Our heart goes out to the families of those who had died.”
At 7:58 am flight #720 from Frontier Airlines has left 4 more people in critical condition and 25 people injured.
The flight, which was flown by Thomas Anderson, 57, was designated to leave at 7:15 am from Mercer County Airport and arrive in Topeka, Kansas later on. The flight was delayed and didn't leave until 7:27 am, 12 minutes after the supposed take off time, authorities said.
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It was reported that during the morning of take off the condition outside was frosty. There were ice patches in different places on the runway, public relations Brian Johnson said.
After 15 minutes into the flight communication with the pilot was lost, leaving mission control wondering what was going on.
It was even told by a passenger on the plane, Edward Lazlo, 53, from Bergen Township that there were no word from the pilot the whole time.
It was also reported that there was complications with the plane. There was smoke in the cabin, fire on the wing and a lot of turbulence, according to Edward Lazlo, Erick Perez and Brian Johnson.
“Five minute after the plane took off there were smoke in the cabin,” said Lazlo. “There was fire on the wing, and so much turbulence that your feet kept coming off the ground. Your stomach was dropping. It was like a roller coaster.”
Flight #720 started to become chaotic after the passengers felt the turbulence.
With no communication from the pilot still, flight attendants were left to try to calm down the passengers.
“Everyone was panicking because of all the turbulence.” said
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