(Nashville) American authorities continue to investigate a plane crash in Tennessee that claimed the lives of five Canadians.
A single-engine plane crashed along a highway west of downtown Nashville on Monday, killing all five people on board.
Investigator Aaron McCarter of the National Transportation Safety Board said the flight originated in Ontario and three of the passengers were children.
In a recording of radio transmissions, the pilot informs air traffic controllers that his engine shut down, flew over John C. Tune Airport and circled in an attempt to land.
A runway is cleared at the airport, but the pilot says the plane has already descended to 1,600 feet (488 meters) and is too far away, he won’t make it.
Global Affairs Canada said it was aware of reports of the deaths of five Canadians in Tennessee but would not release any details due to privacy concerns.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said it had assigned a representative to the U.S.-led investigation.
Nashville authorities had no updates Wednesday regarding the identities of the people on board the plane.
The plane was based at the Brampton Flight Centre, which is owned and operated by the Brampton Flying Club, its general manager, Allan Paige, revealed. He, however, could not say whether the plane had taken off from there, because the airport is not controlled and does not have flight records.
The Canadian Civil Aircraft Register indicates that the plane was registered in affiliation with a numbered company last July. The company is registered to an address in Vaughan, Ontario, according to provincial business records.
with information from the Associated Press