NOW.
>> OFF THE TOP TONIGHT, A PLANE
PLUNGE OFF DANIA BEACH.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED.
NOW THE SEARCH IS ON TO FIND OUT
WHAT WENT WRONG.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT.
LIANE MORAJON IN DANIA BEACH
WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE AIR.
>> AND DEREK SHORE HAS DETAILS
ON THE VICTIMS.
BUT WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH
LIANE.
>> Liane: GOOD EVENING, YOU TWO,
AND GOOD EVENING, SOUTH FLORIDA.
A TRAGIC END TO THIS PLANE
RIDERLY THIS MORNING.
THAT PLANE NOW AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE SEA.
NOT VISIBLE FROM WHERE WE ARE
HERE ON THE SHORELINE IN DANIA
BEACH BUT IT WILL NEED TO BE
TOWED.
IT IS NOW A KEY PIECE OF
EVIDENCE AS THE INVESTIGATION
BEGINS INTO HOW THIS CRASH TOOK
PLACE AND WHO WAS INSIDE.
A CESSNA 172 NOW LIES AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN, BROKEN AND
CRASHED AFTER SOMETHING WENT
WRONG IN THE SKY, SENDING THAT
PLANE AND ITS TWO OCCUPANTS
PLUNGING INTO THE WATER BELOW.
SKY 10 FLYING HIGH OFF THE COAST
OF DANIA BEACH.
THAT WHITE PLANE CLEARLY VISIBLE
BENEATH THE SEA.
>> IT WAS IN ABOUT 40 FEET OF
WATER.
IT WAS VISIBLE FROM THE AIR, IT
WAS ALSO VISIBLE FROM THE BOATS
ON THE SURFACE, AS WELL.
>> FIRE RESCUE TELLS US THE
PLANE TOOK OFF FROM POMPANO
BEACH ABOUT 8:30 SATURDAY
MORNING.
THE PILOT IS HEARD ON CALLS TO
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HEARING HE
WAS HEADED TO OCEAN REEF IN KEY
LARGO.
>> OFF THE SHORELINE.
UNDER 500 FEET.
>> AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL GRANTS
PERMISSION BUT ADVISES THE PILOT
TO AVOID THE BAD WEATHER.
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO PROCEED
ANOTHER 3 MILES SOUTH SHORT FROM
PRECIPITATION.
>> JAMES CARTER SAID HE WAS HERE
AT A CHURCH GROUP BARBECUE AND
SAW THAT NASTY WEATHER COMING
IN.
>> THE STORM CAME IN HEAVILY
FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST COMING
IN.
IT WAS SO HEAVY, THE RAINFALL
WAS, THERE WAS ZERO VISIBILITY.
>> IT WAS UNCHEER IF BAD WEATHER
CAUSED THE PLANE TO GO DOWN BUT
JUST 4 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST
RADIO COMMUNICATION, CONTACT IS
LOST.
A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT WAS
LAUNCHED AROUND 10 A.M. TO
LOCATE THE MISSING PLANE AND
PASSENGERS.
IT WAS FOUND BY AIR SUBMERGED
AROUND 40 MINUTES LATER, 1-1/2
MILES SOUTH OF PORT EVERGLADES.
THE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE WERE FOUND
DEAD NEAR AN OIL SLICK AND
DEBRIS FIELD LEFT BEHIND BY THE
CRASH.
>> AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THE
TOWING PROCESS TO GET THAT BOAT
OUT OF THE WATER, EXCUSE ME,
THAT PLANE OUT OF THE WATER,
START TOMORROW MORNING AT 8 A.M.
THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
NOW HEADING UP A DEATH
INVESTIGATION.
AND THE NTSB WILL LOOK INTO THE
CAUSE OF THAT CRASH.
LIVE IN DANIA BEACH, LIANE MORP
AN HONE.
>> DEREK SHORE I POMPANO BEACH
AND THE DETAILS ABOUT THE
VICTIMS, DEREK?
>> DEREK: CARLOS, WE ARE
LEARNING THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS
IN THE CRASH FLEW OUT OFTEN FROM
THE POMPANO BEACH AIR PARK.
ONE OF THE VICTIM'S FRIENDS TOLD
ME E FLEW THIS EXACT SAME PLANE
YESTERDAY AND HAD NO PROBLEMS.
>> IT HITS HOME FOR EVERYONE.
>> HEAVY HEARTS TODAY AT THE
POMPANO BEACH AIR PARK AS MANY
HERE LEARN THE CESSNA THAT WENT
DOWN OFF DANIA BEACH CLAIMING
THE LIFE OF BOTH ON BOARD TOOK
OFF FROM HERE THIS MORNING.
>> JUST A SHOCK FOR ALL OF US.
>> FRIENDS A FAMILY HAVE
IDENTIFIED ONE OF THE TWO
VICTIMS AS FRED GOWCH, SEEN HERE
IN VIDEO FROM THE 1990S DOING
AIR ACROBATICS.
AN EXPERIENCED PILOT EVENTUALLY
MOVED TO BOCA RATON.
>> IT'S VERY SAD.
VERY TRAGIC.
FRED WAS A GREAT GUY.
HE WAS GOOD TO ME AND
JACAMO, WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.
>> THEY FLY OUT OF THE POMPANO
AIR PARK.
THEY WERE FRIENDS OF FRED.
>> REAL NICE, GOOD HEART.
SO IT GAVE US THE -- WITH THE
CESSNA.
>> HE FLEW THAT SAME EXACT
RENTAL CESSNA PLANE JUST
YESTERDAY.
>> ONE OF THE BEST AIRPLANE THAT
I'VE FLOWN IN MY LIFE.
>> HE SAID THE PLANE HAD AN
ALMOST NEW ENGINE, GPS AND OTHER
TOOLS.
HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT WAS THE
PLANE AT ALL, RATHER, THE
ELEMENTS THAT CAUSED THE TRAGIC
CRASH.
>> AS A PILOT, WHAT DO YOU THINK
MAY HAVE HAPPENED HERE?
>> YEAH, WEATHER.
THE WEATHER, I HAVE NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT.
>> IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE AT
ANY TIME ESPECIALLY HERE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA WITH THE WAY THE
WEATHER IS DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS.
>> AND EVEN THOUGH WEATHER IS
SUSPECTED FROM HIS FRIENDS AND
FELLOW PILOTS, THERE IS STILL NO
OFFICIAL CAUSE FOR THIS CRASH.
THERE WAS ALSO A SECOND PERSON
ON BOARD.
WE'RE TOLD BY THE FAMILY THAT
WAS A SAYSED ON PILOT, AS WELL,
BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO
IDENTIFY THAT PERSON AT THIS