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Names of pilot, mom in Tennessee plane crash released

Names of pilot, mom in Tennessee plane crash released | iNFOnews.ca
Investigators work the scene of a plane crash next to the runway of the Collegedale Municipal Airport on Saturday, June 11, 2016, in Collegedale, Tenn. Amy Maxwell, a spokesman for Hamilton County Emergency Services, said a single-engine plane crashed at the Collegedale airport, about 20 miles east of Chattanooga. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) THE DAILY CITIZEN OUT; NOOGA.COM OUT; CLEVELAND DAILY BANNER OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. – Authorities have released the name of a pilot and his mother involved in a small plane crash in Tennessee.

Collegedale police spokeswoman Tonya Sadler says the single-engine plane crashed Saturday as it was coming in to the Collegedale airport. Collegedale is about 20 miles east of Chattanooga.

Sadler said Sunday in a news release that the plane was registered to the pilot, Todd Silver, out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The release says Silver was travelling with his mother, Suzanne Silver, and his two children.

Sadler says Suzanne Silver and a male child were pronounced dead at the scene. Todd Silver and his daughter were taken to a Chattanooga hospital. Their conditions Sunday weren’t immediately known. The children’s names weren’t released.

Sadler says federal aviation officials are investigating.

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