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One person has been found dead after a plane with eight passengers crashed near the coast of North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
“We have no indication anybody survived the crash,” Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck III said during a press conference on Monday night, per FOX stationWNCT.
Stephanie Fulcher, her fiancé Hunter Parks and her son Kole McInnis were among the people abroad the aircraft, Buddy Goodwin — who is married to Fulcher’s sister — has confirmed to multiple outlets, including PEOPLE.
Noah Styron, Daily Shepherd and Jake Taylor were also on the plane, according to Goodwin.
The group was returning home from a duck hunting trip, Tom Harrison — who was friends with Fulcher and Parks — told NBC stationWITN.
“[Parks] was one of the most generous people I know and he had a duck hunting property and he had invited a large number of youth and veterans,” Harrison told the outlet. “There’s a special duck season, a one-day duck season for youth and veterans and he had invited them all to his property to duck hunt.”
Harrison said the group hunted in Hyde County on Saturday prior to their attempted return on Sunday.
TheCoast Guardon Sunday said they were searching for the Pilatus PC-12 single-engine plane about four miles east of Drum Inlet.
During a press conference on Monday, Sheriff Buck said the debris field shifted around 10 to 15 miles off the shore. He added that there were three separate debris fields.
FlightAware listed the plane’s departure from the Hyde County Airport at 1:35 p.m. Sunday, theAssociated Pressreported. The plane was reportedly last seen near Beaufort in Carteret County at 2:01 p.m.
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The single-engine plane “was seen behaving erratically on radar and then disappeared from the radar screen” before crashing at around 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, the Coast Guard press release stated.
On Sunday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper shared his condolences.
“Our prayers and deep concerns go to the families and loved ones of the passengers,” he wrote in atweet. “We’re grateful for the people in our state and local agencies who are supporting the efforts of the Coast Guard and other first responders.”
source: people.com
