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New Dispatch Recordings Released In Chicago Plane Crash

Rachel Scott |
September 30, 2013 | 11:04 a.m. PDT

Executive Producer

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New dispatch recordings have been released in connection to the plane that crashed into a parking lot near Chicago on Wednesday evening. The newly released recordings capture the moments of mayhem minutes after the small plane spiraled down and killed Narayan and Jay Venguswamy, a Kentucky couple.

The recordings provide a timeline of the events that unraveled after the crash. Emergency crews rushed to the scene at 5:15 p.m. after receiving calls about the tragedy. Initially, authorizes believed that the plane crashed into the Chase bank and concerns began to rise that the employees in the building were in danger. One responder even said the workers were trapped inside of the bank. It turns out, that was a false statement since the only two injuries sustained were from the couple inside the plane.

Merely 6 minutes after the first dispatch call, it was reported that the pilot, Jay Venguswamy was able to get out of the plane but was badly burned from the crash. According to NBC 5 the Will County Corner announced that it will take two weeks to determine whether Jay Venguswamy passed away from the injuries sustained during the crash or the fire that sparked after the crash. His wife, Narayan Venguswamy was pronounced dead at the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot may have aborted his landing because he didn’t have enough space to land on the runway. An NTSB official said that the plane touched down at Bolingbrook’s Clow International Airport but then went back up into the air before turning left and crashing into the Chase Bank parking lot. The plane also bolted through a tree, light pole and several vehicles before crashing down.

Read more at NBC 5 Chicago.

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