The bodies of pilot Larry Glazer and his wife, Jane, whose TBM 900 crashed into the Caribbean in September, have been recovered, according to a report in USA Today. The New York couple were flying to their second home in Naples, Florida, when they became unresponsive from an apparent loss of cabin pressure. Air Force fighter jets escorted the aircraft but could not re-establish communications with the pilot. The turboprop flew on autopilot until it ran out of fuel and went into the ocean near the Jamaican coast.
Search crews were unable to recover the aircraft or bodies in the weeks following the crash. The couple’s family financed a search earlier this month using The Eclipse Group of Annapolis, Maryland, but did not disclose information until this week, the newspaper reported. The wreckage and remains were located thousands of feet below the ocean surface. “We also recovered significant portions of the aircraft itself and we are hopeful that, in time, this will provide us with answers as to exactly what happened that day,” the family said in a statement. Larry Glazer, a real estate developer, was chairman of the TBM Owners and Pilots Association.
