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The CEO of a private jet company and pilot training school has been identified as one of the victims in a plane crash in Virginia.
Alfredo Diez, founder and CEO of Atlantis Aviation, and his wife and young son have been identified as three of the five victims by Spanish newspaper El Español.
On Sunday, five people died in the crash near the Ingalls Field Airport in Bath County when a private jet and burst into flames on impact.
Diez is from Betanzos in Spain and reportedly moved to Florida in 2016 to launch his flight academy. In 2020, he became the CEO of private jet company Sky Jet Elite, according to his LinkedIn profile.
'My great friend Alfredo J Diez departed yesterday with his family and crew to his eternal flight,' said Adolfo Perez Castillo on Facebook.
Alfredo Diez, founder and CEO of Atlantis Aviation, and his wife and son have been identified as three of the five victims in Sunday's plane crash in Virginia
Diez is from Betanzos in Spain and reportedly moved to Florida in 2016 to launch his flight academy. In 2020, he became the CEO of private jet company Sky Jet Elite
On Sunday, five people died in the crash near the Ingalls Field Airport in Bath County when a private jet and burst into flames on impact
'My friend Alfredo and I did business since 2019 and he was a great Galician. Born in the town of Betanzos in the corona. A Spanish citizen who built Atlantis flight academy and sky elite charter in these recent years representing Spain and Galicia well in South Florida.'
The plane, a twin-engine IAI Astra 1125, crashed around 3 p.m. on Sunday when the airplane came down short of the runway as it was attempting to make an emergency landing.
The Virginia State Police said the plane fell short of the runway, plowed through trees before slamming into a hillside.
The plane reportedly left from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
