Authorities say Charles Crooks either jumped or fell out of the plane 20 miles from the airport where his co-pilot made an emergency landing after the plane’s landing gear malfunctioned. Crooks’ father said the family is still in shock as multiple agencies are still investigating the incident. WRAL’s Keenan Willard reports.
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As a mother all I’d know is that my child no longer lives. The heartache would be the same regardless. 😢
Seems to me, without doing jack-squat for research, that he opened the door used for skydiving to look under the plane…and simply fell out, BY ACCIDENT.
All this “he jumped” crap is typical MEDIA MISINFORMATION.
You’ll also notice not a word from the surviving co pilot…the media always leaves something out.
Why did he jump when the plane wasn’t even close to landing yet lol
This young pilot did not jump, he fell. Let’s make that clear. The plane had a problem with the landing gear and he was probably trying to lean out the tail ramp to check the issue. Unfortunately, he must not have been wearing a Safety harness and either fell or was sucked out of the back of the plane, which was designed for skydiving and had an open platform in the tail. See the Broncolirio channel for full explanation. This was a tragic accident. 😢❤️🌹 Condolences to his family and friends. RIP.
Not as mysterious as it initially sounded. The plane suffered damage on a failed landing attempt. The co-pilot opened a cargo bay door to look out and check the damage to the landing gear and lost his balance and fell out. A terrible accident. Cancel the conspiracy theories.
Unfortunately it wasn’t Evan Esper
God Bless his family and his soul💗
And not a word from the survivor…how interesting…notice how the media ALWAYS leaves “something” out.
Yes, but what does the pilot say what happened to him presumably sitting next to him?
Can’t believe he jumped.
Suspicious. Why didn’t the pilot mention it when it happened? Why didn’t the parents appear more emotional? How could the pilot NOT notice when he fell, and why didn’t he call for help?
Because he is busy controlling the aircraft lol. He probably didn’t know anything certain until he landed unless he was involved. If he is piloting a plane with an issue and preparing for an emergency landing he can’t exactly leave the controls and let the plane do whatever it wants.
@Sam McL you would notice the pressure change when the door opened
They need to have another kid no matter the age. Even at 60 plus they could go to a doctor and get the green flag… it would be nice for them because this id imagine will be extremely hard to let pass he was so handsome and just all around a nice fun charismatic lookin dude that probably lit up a room and im sure he had a lady waiting on him as well and time will only deteriorate the happiness that revolved around someone like this
What a hapless, just why type of situation…. This is why I say driving from now on is safer, idc who you are, or what stat you have…. not everyone has a G6 Gulfstream
You just can’t really rely on someone to drive your family in the sky plus you have so many dangers that can go wrong that in a car your on the surface not 35k feet up…. God Bless the family I know things will get better!
He looked like someone who had a guitar or acoustic don’t ever sell it…. or his car.
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It’s all about being Woke. I’m so sorry for your loss. You sound like I would as a Dad.
It sounds like you did a great job trying to raise your son. I have five children and I couldn’t imagine losing one.
My heart goes out to you. It’s often our children’s peers who direct them. We as parents try so hard, but in the end the decisions are theirs.
Tragedy without rhyme or reason is shocking !
I’m confused as to why they can’t ask the surviving pilot what happened??? Did I miss something????
@Sam McL I just find it odd that they haven’t even MENTIONED it…..not a single word…I get it though….wanting to wait until the investigation is over
I’ve heard about this TikTok challenge
Is this possible? Is that possible? May be he did this? May be he did that? Be patient folks, the other pilot knows but won’t speak to the media until after he speaks to the FAA and police.
😢
Can’t fix stupid. Jump out of the plane and face certain death or stay in the plane that’s heading towards an emergency response team.
Fear of the landing gear problem and he just took his chances jumping? What ever the thought it was definitely an irrational decision. Bazaar. Condolences to his family. May he rest in peace.
🙏🏻🌸🌸🙏🏻
Something fishy about this
Heartbreaking for the family. I hope they get some real answers to what happened.
Suspicious
Someone speculates he leant out to fix the landing gear and everyone just accepts that as truth. Its completely logical, but it isnt yet officially determined. STOP, believing what isnt confirmed. This is the reason the world is in the mess it is because people just spread false or uncurrubberated information
Sounds more to the story
Hey look im half a mile up in the sky now is a great time to jump
Someone probably pushed him out
Let me guess, the pilot doesn’t have to volunteer any information and it’s all legal.
That dude committed suicide, people always see your success but never see your battles.
Surely they must know . The pilot landed and had minor injuries . Couldn’t they ask him what happened ?
Was he trying to repair something or did he panic and jump . Did the other pilot throw him out ? Has to be one of them options
Wouldn’t the pilot know if he jumped out or fell out? If there’s a pilot and a co-pilot, they’re communicating with each other, correct? He’d say “I’m going to check this” and unbelts and opens the door and gets sucked out then it’s an accident. If he said nothing and just opened the door and jumped, then he jumped. How could someone in the this tiny plane not know what happened to this guy and is like “he was suddenly not in the plane anymore” and no one knows what happened. This whole story just sounds weird. So sorry for the family.
Thats so sad hes very handsome
Suicide
Condolences to the family, and prayers to the people whose yard his body was found.. It would have torn me apart to find a body in my back yard…
I guess it was a suicide. Glad he did not take the entire plane with him.
So strange that the story is not already starightened out with a surviving pilot. Unless he is incapacitated to speak right now or if there’s foul play at hand.
Shame he got scared and jumped if only he had waited 5 more minutes
Dad was amazingly together. My heart was breaking just listening to him. I can’t even begin to imagine.
He really was amazingly together.
The other pilot should know how and when the copilot get out of the plane. He could not disappear into thin air right next to the pilot.
The son, co-pilot gave his life trying to fix the landing gear issue. It was the reason for the emergency landing, you’d think these ppl wld realize that! 🤔
Sry yall much love rip
We need to know what the pilot said. They are the only one that knows what was going on.
I’m watching over her in Montreal Quebec Canada condolence to his family if this 23 yrs old man.who die caused he jump out the plane.he has a strong brave like me..if I’m his situation I will jump also than crush to the ocean..
He probably went back to manually pull down the landing gear. Hard to tell the circumstances
So very sorry for your loss. So sudden and such a tragedy. May God grant you peace and comfort. I pray you will feel the strong and comforting arms of God as He holds you through all the days that come.
A bit repetitious. Need 2 more others at least!
Was he forced by a gun
Nobody seeing or thinking pops got something to do with it don’t see him jumping to his death for no reason
Did he decide to open the emergency exit so everyone can easily and quickly get out once it landed and somehow went through the doors? Or was he checking the landing gear from within the doorway?
I’m guessing he fell or got sucked out while looking at broken wheel or condition of still attached wheel.
My prayers for the family. How sad.
Would he have been trying to fix the landing gear? Not sure how that works. 🤔
Why did he jump
Sounds like a horrible accident happened when he went to check
This sounds fishy
So sorry this young man’s life was cut short and I pray the family is able to get some answers as to what happened. Something does not add up and I can’t help but suspect foul play here. It just doesn’t make any sense.
Very sad. Sorry to hear of this. I doubt he jumped. Likely was sucked out or fell. Poor family. Awful.
Why was the other pilot injured? During the rough landing? Was he forced to exit the plane the way he did? Something is really off.
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Daily lesson will help
I’m 23 and jumping out of a moving plane at 4000 ft without a parachute is not something I would do.
Looking at his picture seems he was a highly depressed person , may be he though this plane is going to crash anyway Id rather jump off than crash and die YOLO …….. or maybe the pilot and him had a fight when they couldnt land the plane properely , Maybe he wanted to take control and take over and the other pilot said no mate IM IN CHARGE and than they had a scuffle and he was pushed out of the plane ………. HE would have been liek no mate you cant do your job you couldnt land the plane on first time NOW IM TAKING OVER LET ME DRIVE THE PLANE …. and than they both fight …
You’ve got quite the imagination there huh? Been watching way too much TV. First things first, never judge a book by it’s cover. You can’t tell if a person you’ve never met is depressed by looking at a few photos of that person. (especially when the father plainly states that his son wouldn’t have traded his life for anything). I would bet anything that he tried to manually check the defective landing gear and some how some way he fell out by doing so. Either way the whole thing sounds very odd to me and I have a hard time believing anything MSM puts out.
Guaranteed he did not jump – he fell when he looked around the side from the open ramp.
years ago I stuck my hand out the window of a small plane and almost broke it from the strength of the wind blast. It goes up exponentially with speed, and can take you by surprise if you aren’t expecting it. Rest in peace.
I will wait to see the Blancolirio channel update, after more facts and statements from the pilot who landed the plane.
Tragedy indeed. 🙏🏽
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This is such a weird story.
landed in a yard…. ouch
Probably went to get visual confirmation of missing gear etc and got sucked out.
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Suspicious
He was obviously scared to death of a plane crash, a sign that he should never have been in control of any aircraft especially one that would/could carry passengers…
How does the co-pilot not know what happened to his pilot?
So sorry for your loss 🙏🏻
Awful.. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Agonizing
Why don’t they just ask the pilot who didn’t die what actually happened? 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Strong family except one psycho
Pilots don’t just leave their plane! Guy was pushed,my opinion
Should have aimed for the trampoline NEXT DOOR!!!
Are you sure the other pilot had nothing to do with this co-pilot’s death? It seems insane for a trained pilot to jump without a parachute!
Maybe he was trying to lighten the load of the plane since the landing gear was malfunctioning. RIP hero.
Horrifying for all involved. So sad
It does matter how he exited the plane, why is the pilot not a subject for murder?
Where is the
Pilot? What is his story?
What’s the pilots story???
Either fell out or jumped out. So either dumb enough not to secure himself or dumb enough to think he’d survive the fall. For the last 33 years I’ve had zero sympathy for people who make dumb decisions that cost them their lives. Not gonna start now.
no able bodied soul jumps from a plan 3k feet in the air…. legit, think about it.. he was thrown.
RIP 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Seems to me the guy who was flying the plane and landed it could tell us exactly what happened up there.
FOUL PLAY FOR SURE, NO WAY DID HE COMMIT SUICIDE
Don’t we need to hear from the pilot? Don’t you ask a witness what happened? Don’t you say to the pilot, “What happened?” Then the poor family would know what happened to their son.
I bet he was pushed out the plane
Good reporting but what a tragedy.. Prayers for the family.
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He was probably trying to check out the landing gear?
He was trying to see the missing wheel, from the cargo door, without harnessing in.
Honestly if you think you’re gonna die a fiery death, a lot of people would jump. Who knows.
I dont believe that pilot the truth will a raise in due time.