Former Obama-Era Top Lawyer Dies in Corporate Jet Incident
A former Obama-era official was fatally injured while traveling on a corporate jet after pilots disconnected a system used to stabilize the aircraft, causing it to suddenly pitch up.
The National Transportation Safety Board stated that the pilots were communicating several warnings in the cockpit of the Bombardier jet.
Later, it was diverted to a Connecticut airport on March 3.
In 2022, the Federal Aviation Administration asked pilots using the same model of Bombardier aircraft to take extra preflight measures after trim problems had been reported.
Missouri-based Conexon LLC's The Challenger 300 plane, operated by, was flying from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, before it was diverted to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.
The passenger who died was 55-year-old Dana Hyde, a prominent attorney who worked in both the Obama and Clinton administrations and served as counsel to the 9/11 Commission.
It was unclear if Hyde was belted in her seat or up and walking around in the cabin of the jet.
Later in the day, she succumbed to her injuries at a Hartford, Connecticut, hospital.
The pilots halted the initial takeoff because a plastic cover was not removed from a pitot tube, which determines airspeed, and they took off with a rudder limiter fault alert on.