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| A small plane from western New York that briefly flew through Cuban airspace after overshooting its intended destination in Florida crashed off the coast of Jamaica on Friday, federal aviation officials said. | A small plane from western New York that briefly flew through Cuban airspace after overshooting its intended destination in Florida crashed off the coast of Jamaica on Friday, federal aviation officials said. |
| A statement released by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday afternoon said that Larry Glazer, a real estate developer from the Rochester area, and his wife, Jane, were aboard the plane. They are presumed to be dead. | A statement released by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday afternoon said that Larry Glazer, a real estate developer from the Rochester area, and his wife, Jane, were aboard the plane. They are presumed to be dead. |
| The plane, a single-engine Daher-Socata TBM-900, took off from the Greater Rochester International Airport at 8:26 a.m. and was scheduled to land at the Naples Municipal Airport around noon, according to FlightAware.com, an online flight tracking service. But at 2:15 p.m., after its pilot failed to respond to radio messages and fighter jets were scrambled to check on the plane, the aircraft crashed into the sea 14 miles off the coast of Port Antonio, Jamaica, officials at the Federal Aviation Administration said. | The plane, a single-engine Daher-Socata TBM-900, took off from the Greater Rochester International Airport at 8:26 a.m. and was scheduled to land at the Naples Municipal Airport around noon, according to FlightAware.com, an online flight tracking service. But at 2:15 p.m., after its pilot failed to respond to radio messages and fighter jets were scrambled to check on the plane, the aircraft crashed into the sea 14 miles off the coast of Port Antonio, Jamaica, officials at the Federal Aviation Administration said. |
| According to a conversation between the pilot and air traffic controllers recorded by Liveatc.net, the pilot requested clearance to descend from an altitude of 28,000 to 18,000 around 10 a.m., citing an unspecified “indication problem.” Controllers permitted him to descend to 25,000 feet. Within minutes of the descent, the pilot’s voice can be heard becoming addled. Shortly after that, controllers lost contact with the plane. | According to a conversation between the pilot and air traffic controllers recorded by Liveatc.net, the pilot requested clearance to descend from an altitude of 28,000 to 18,000 around 10 a.m., citing an unspecified “indication problem.” Controllers permitted him to descend to 25,000 feet. Within minutes of the descent, the pilot’s voice can be heard becoming addled. Shortly after that, controllers lost contact with the plane. |
| At 11:30 a.m., the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or Norad, dispatched two F-15 fighter jets to make visual contact with what officials there described in a statement as “an unresponsive aircraft currently flying over the Atlantic Ocean.” The two jets flew with the plane for some time, but turned away as it entered Cuban airspace. | |
| Army Major Beth Smith, a spokeswoman for Norad, confirmed reports that low oxygen levels might have played a role in the crash. | |
| According to FlightAware, the plane’s tail number was N900KN, which, The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported, was the same number of a plane seen in a publicity photo for Buckingham Properties, a real estate company based in Rochester. Mr. Glazer, Buckingham’s chief executive, was a pilot and a flying enthusiast who had recently bought the first model of the new line of TBM-900’s, according to a news release by Socata, the aircraft’s manufacturer. | According to FlightAware, the plane’s tail number was N900KN, which, The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported, was the same number of a plane seen in a publicity photo for Buckingham Properties, a real estate company based in Rochester. Mr. Glazer, Buckingham’s chief executive, was a pilot and a flying enthusiast who had recently bought the first model of the new line of TBM-900’s, according to a news release by Socata, the aircraft’s manufacturer. |
| “He had the most time in the air of any TBM pilot, according to the stats from our owners’ group,” said Mel Rushton, a fellow TBM pilot, who knew Mr. Glazer and his wife. “He was very experienced and very competent.” | “He had the most time in the air of any TBM pilot, according to the stats from our owners’ group,” said Mel Rushton, a fellow TBM pilot, who knew Mr. Glazer and his wife. “He was very experienced and very competent.” |
| Mr. Rushton said that Mr. Glazer and his wife owned a home in Naples, on the southwest coast of Florida, and flew there frequently from Rochester. | Mr. Rushton said that Mr. Glazer and his wife owned a home in Naples, on the southwest coast of Florida, and flew there frequently from Rochester. |
| Joseph Rowley Jr., the leasing and marketing director for Buckingham Properties, declined to comment on whether Mr. Glazer was flying the plane went it crashed. | Joseph Rowley Jr., the leasing and marketing director for Buckingham Properties, declined to comment on whether Mr. Glazer was flying the plane went it crashed. |
| In his statement, Governor Cuomo called the couple “innovative and generous people who were committed to revitalizing downtown Rochester and making the city they loved a better place for all.” | In his statement, Governor Cuomo called the couple “innovative and generous people who were committed to revitalizing downtown Rochester and making the city they loved a better place for all.” |
| The F.A.A. had yet to determine how many people were on the plane other than the pilot. | The F.A.A. had yet to determine how many people were on the plane other than the pilot. |