What to Know
- Dean International Flight School, operated out of Miami Executive Airport in West Kendall, also owned a Cessna 152 aircraft from a May crash
- Prior to that May 2018 crash, NBC 6 obtained reports detailing a series of accidents or incidents involving the company – now 31 in total.
As investigators continue to figure out what caused two planes to collide in a deadly crash in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday, the flight school that both aircrafts belonged to is again under the microscope following a tragedy.
Dean International Flight School, operated out of Miami Executive Airport in West Kendall, also owned a Cessna 152 aircraft that crashed in May while traveling back to its home base – sending two people to the hospital as a result.
Prior to that May 2018 crash, NBC 6 obtained reports from both the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration detailing a series of accidents or incidents involving the company – 29 in total before the latest two crashes.
In all, five people were killed in the incidents prior to Tuesday.
After two crashes in 2017 – one where a pilot was killed after crashing in the Everglades and another where two people were not injured following a crash landing in Key Biscayne – nearly 80 percent of the company’s 50 planes were taken out of service to deal with issues ranging from routine maintenance to faulty beaks, loose and missing screws and more.
