Alfa Ekele News Today

A student was killed in early September when a severe storm reportedly flipped a plane at a Florida airport. 

A Florida Institute of Technology student, Alfa Ekele, a Nigerian national was identified as the person killed earlier this month at the Orlando Executive Airport after wind gusts of 60 mph flipped a twin-engine plane he was in.  According to an official of the airport, the deadly incident was caused by a microburst as severe weather descended on the airport as the plane – a Diamond DA-42 Twin Star – was waiting on the taxiway. 

Florida Institute of Technology student named as person killed in severe wind incident in Orlando earlier this month

Florida Tech confirmed Tuesday that one of its students was killed earlier this month at Orlando Executive Airport after the airplane he was in flipped during a severe thunderstorm.