Fourth person dies in California plane crash that killed three
Key Points:
- Craig Eady, 44, died from injuries sustained in a plane crash that also claimed the lives of his wife, Danna, 41, and their two youngest sons, Pavel, 10, and Remus, 13, near Fresno, California.
- The crash occurred near Sierra Sky Park airport on Saturday afternoon, with emergency crews finding the wreckage on a bluff and flames spreading across a nearby hillside.
- Danna Eady was a flight instructor and close friend of local pilot Nick Wilcox, who described her as a "very special soul"; the family was en route to an airshow at the time of the crash.
- The couple’s two eldest children, Lucien, 17, and Felicity, 18, survived but are now orphaned following the deaths of their parents and younger brothers.
- Investigations into the cause of the crash are underway, led by the National Transportation Safety Board and supported by the Federal Aviation Administration.