A small plane crashed on a road in Florida/photo: X
Footage shows three passengers who survived a plane crash as they run for their lives from the burning plane after it crashed on a Florida interstate, killing two passengers earlier this week.
In the video, the three can be seen quickly escaping out of the wreckage of the plane, which was completely engulfed in orange flames and black smoke billowing from it.
Kyle Cavalier, a passing motorist who stopped to help, yelled at the survivors, "Is there anyone else there?"
And a woman can be heard replying to him "Yes! Our pilots! Our pilots!"
When asked if the pilots were alive, the shocked woman replied: "I don't know. I don't know beyond that."
State authorities said the Bombardier Challenger 600 - carrying five passengers - was attempting to land at the nearby Naples Airport in Collier County, Florida, when the plane spontaneously lost both engines.
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The plane tried to land on a road, then hit a car
In a chilling audio recording of the flight, pilot Edward Daniel Murphy is heard calmly telling the airport operator that the plane "isn't going to make it to the runway" just moments before the disaster.
The plane attempted to land on I-75, but witnesses said its wing clipped a car and dragged it before slamming into a wall, causing the fatal explosion.
Murphy, 50, and co-pilot Ian Frederick Hoffman, 65, were identified as the two killed in the crash, the Collier County Sheriff's Office said.
Flight attendant Sydney Ann Bosmans, 23, and passengers Aaron Baker, 35, and Audra Green, 23, -- the three survivors seen running in the video -- were taken to a local hospital for their injuries, the severity of which is not yet clear.
The plane took off from Ohio State University Airport in Columbus, Ohio, at about 1:00 p.m.
He was scheduled to land in Naples around the time of the crash, Naples Airport Authority spokesman Robin King said, when pilot Murphy contacted the tower and announced an emergency landing.
According to flight tracking app FlightAware, the plane was operated by Hop-a-Jet Worldwide Charter based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The plane was scheduled to fly back to Fort Lauderdale on Friday afternoon.
A spokesman for Ohio State University said the plane is not affiliated with the university and they have no further information about it.
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