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Small Plane Crash in Florida Kills Five on Christmas Eve

A small plane crashed at Bartow Municipal Airport, Florida, on December 24th.

The incident happened immediately after the plane took off from the main runway, in dense fog.

There were five people aboard the plane; all of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as the pilot John Hugh Shannon, 70, his daughters, Olivia Shannon, 24, and Victoria Shannon Worthington, 26, Worthington’s husband, Peter Worthington, 27, and family friend Krista Clayton, 32.

The cause of crash is being investigated.

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