- The pilot who flew the “ghost plane” that crashed in rural Virginia, killing four, had more than 40 years experience in the skies and was known as “Mr. Safety,” his family and former clients said.
- Jeff Hefner is believed to have fallen unconscious while flying a private Cessna jet owned by Florida business magnate John Rumpel, with Rumpel’s daughter, granddaughter and their nanny onboard as it crashed in a near-nosedive freefall on Sunday.
- Hefner, a father-of-three, was a retired Southwest Airlines captain and former member of its union’s board of directors. He had also recently earned the Federal Aviation Administration’s highest-level medical certificate and was approved to fly Boeing 737s.
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Weirder: Pilot Of Doomed ‘Ghost Plane’ Crash In Virginia Was Known As ‘Mr. Safety’
