An investigation at a Virginia airport has revealed that a pupil pilot was flying a small aircraft when it crashed, killing the flight teacher, Virginia State Police mentioned in an announcement Friday. The crash occurred upon takeoff Thursday afternoon on the Newport Information-Williamsburg Airport.
The only-engine Cessna 172 was piloted by Oluwagbohunmi Ayomide Oyebode, 18, state police mentioned. Throughout takeoff, Oyebode tried to tug the craft up at too steep of an angle. That induced the engine to stall within the air, and the plane crashed. It had reached an altitude of about 100 toes.
Oyebode, of Hanover, Maryland, suffered severe accidents and was taken to a hospital, state police mentioned. The flight teacher who died was Viktoria Theresie Izabelle Ljungman, 23, of Williamsburg, Virginia. One other 18-year-old male pupil who was on board was additionally taken to a hospital.
Ljungman, a Hampton College graduate, shared her love of flying on her Instagram account "viktoriathepilot" the place she posted photographs from the cockpit. One submit reveals she acquired her flight teacher license this April.
Charlie Hudson, a former tennis participant at Hampton, informed the Day by day Press that he was pals with Ljungman, who had competed on the ladies's tennis group.
"I keep in mind once I first met her, that is all she ever wished to do. She wished to be a industrial pilot," Hudson informed the newspaper.
Hampton College graduate Anastasiia Romanova-Hill informed CBS affiliate WTKR-TV that a number of years in the past Ljungman, a local of Sweden, reached out to her on Fb as she was attempting to find out which school to attend.
"She's undoubtedly a sort one that was curious and wished to find new issues," mentioned Romanova-Hill.