The 5 Canadians killed in a airplane crash in Nashville have been recognized as a household from King Township.
Mayor Steve Pellegrini says Rimma Dotsenko, her husband, Victor, and their three youngsters died when the single-engine airplane crashed alongside a freeway west of downtown Nashville on Monday.
“On behalf of King Township, I prolong our deepest condolences to the households and buddies of the Dotsenko household from our group who tragically misplaced their lives within the small airplane crash in Nashville, Tennessee,” Pellegrini’s assertion learn.
“It is a heartbreaking and devastating loss for our tight-knit group. Whereas we await additional particulars from the continued investigation, our ideas and prayers are with the family members of the victims throughout this extremely troublesome time. We additionally prolong our gratitude to the primary responders and officers concerned within the response and investigation.”
UMCA Wealthy Tree Academy officers confirmed that Emma, Adam, and David Dotsenko attended the non-public college in Vaughan.
“These lovely youngsters lit up our hallways every single day,” the assertion learn. “Phrases can not categorical the profound disappointment and grief we’re experiencing as we mourn the lack of the Dotsenko household.”
CityNews has confirmed that Victor Dotsenko graduated from the Brampton Flight Centre in 2022 with a non-public pilot licence.
Earlier this week, Investigator Aaron McCarter of the Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned the flight originated in Ontario. The Canadian Civil Plane Register reveals the plane was registered to a numbered firm as of final July.
The Transportation Security Board of Canada mentioned it has assigned a consultant to the U.S.-led investigation.
In a recording of radio transmissions, the pilot tells air visitors controllers that his engine has shut down, he has overflown John C. Tune airport and has circled round in an try to land.
“I’m at 1,600 [feet]. I’m going to be touchdown. I don’t know the place,” Victor Dotsenko is heard saying. “I’m too distant, I received’t make it.”
It’s unclear the place the airplane took off from, but it surely made stops in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Mount Sterling, Kentucky. It then departed to Nashville.
