Divers with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office have reportedly recovered the remains of the 24-year old pilot who plunged a single-engine Piper aircraft into the Atlantic, about a mile off the coast of the Boynton Beach Inlet Sunday night.
BOYNTON BEACH Divers on Monday discovered the body of a 24-year-old man inside a small plane that crashed near Boynton Inlet late Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office identified the man as Abhishek Patter. Airport officials in Brevard County said Monday afternoon that he was a student at 2Fly Airborne flight school in Merritt Island.
On Sunday evening, a distress call from the single-engine plane came to Palm Beach International Airport air traffic control tower, according to authorities.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the four-seat Piper 28 aircraft had one person on board. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was headed to the Merritt Island Airport from the Lantana airport.
By Joel Malkin
Jan 26, 2021
The Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office has identified the pilot who crashed off the coast of Boynton Beach on Sunday night.
The body of 24-year old Abhishek Patter was found in the wreckage of the single engine Piper aircraft that went down in the Atlantic, about a mile east of the Boynton Inlet.
The plane had taken off from Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana on its way to the Merrit Island Airport.
The NTSB is now leading the investigation to determine what caused the crash.
Photo: CBS 12
By Joel Malkin
Jan 26, 2021
The Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office has identified the pilot who crashed off the coast of Boynton Beach on Sunday night.
The body of 24-year old Abhishek Patter was found in the wreckage of the single engine Piper aircraft that went down in the Atlantic, about a mile east of the Boynton Inlet.
The plane had taken off from Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana on its way to the Merrit Island Airport.
The NTSB is now leading the investigation to determine what caused the crash.
Photo: CBS 12
By Joel Malkin
Jan 26, 2021
The Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office has identified the pilot who crashed off the coast of Boynton Beach on Sunday night.
The body of 24-year old Abhishek Patter was found in the wreckage of the single engine Piper aircraft that went down in the Atlantic, about a mile east of the Boynton Inlet.
The plane had taken off from Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana on its way to the Merrit Island Airport.
The NTSB is now leading the investigation to determine what caused the crash.
Photo: CBS 12