Azor Ahai 18,861 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 v Indiana teenager Haris Suleman died on Wednesday when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The 17-year-old was attempting to fly around the world in 30 days and set a record as the youngest pilot to do so in the shortest amount of time. The plane went down shortly after leaving Pago Pago in American Samoa Tuesday night. Suleman and his father, Babar Suleman, were on board. Writing on Facebook, where the duo had documented the journey in a group called Fly Around the World in 30 Days, a family member listed as a group admin on a Facebook group dedicated to tracking the flight confirmed that the boy's body had been found but the father's body remained missing. "Haris has been found  he did not make it," Hiba Suleman writes. "My father has not yet been found. Please pray that my dad is found alive and well. Also, hug your siblings and parents  tell them you love them, a hundred time. A thousand times. It will never feel like it's been said quite often enough." A spokesperson for the group, Eddie Gold, said the cause of the crash remains unknown in a post pinned to the top of its page. "There is no indication as to why the crash happened except that the crash site was about 1 mile from the end of the runway and out to sea," Gold writes. "It was obviously very dark and the airport was uncontrolled. It is very unlikely they had reached an altitude that enabled them to contact the ATC [Air Traffic Control] on Samoa. The area is in the New Zealand SAR [search and Rescue] region and it was New Zealand SAR that received a distress signal from the aircraft. The timing of the signal (possibly a satellite ping) put it very close to the crash site when transmitted." http://mashable.com/2014/07/23/haris-suleman-pilot-dies/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link ugh so many sad news ! :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Heart 4,400 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is so awful :( Rest in Peace. "GGD IS NOT FOR YOU" - Admin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,835 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 So many plane crashes :( A young kid too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
popper 3 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Aw no :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane 208 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 RIP :( Love Trumps Hate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Rogoe 23 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 rest in peace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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