A financial firm CEO was killed along with three others when a small plane that he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff in Georgia, according to reports.
Jonathan Rosen, 47, the chief executive of Entaire Global Companies, was the pilot of the single-engine Cessna P210N when it went down and burst into flames Friday afternoon at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, FOX 5 of Atlanta reported.
None of the passengers survived the crash.
The victims were identified as Rosen, his 14-year-old relative, the teen’s friend, and another family friend, the outlet reported.
Video shows flames consuming the aircraft as witnesses look on in horror.
“It crashed, it landed, and I don’t know if it was just a hard landing but it flipped and then it caught fire,” photographer Keith Berry, who witnessed the crash, told the outlet.
“It happened pretty fast. And the fire, it turned over and smoked for a second, and engulfed in flames.”
No cause has been released for the crash.
Emergency response teams at the scene of a fatal plane crash at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in DeKalb County, Georgia, on Oct. 8, 2021.Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Google Maps
Jonathan Rosen was piloting a small airplane before it tragically burned out at the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. Google Maps
A small airplane is seen in front of the fatal plane crash at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. AP
Photographer and witness Keith Berry say the small airplane was “engulfed in flames” instantly. APThe Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have launched an investigation.
