john smith
April 22nd 06, 03:43 PM
OHIOAN AMONG THE VICTIMS
5 Indiana students killed in plane crash
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Deanna Martin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. An Indiana University student was piloting a small
plane through dense fog when the aircraft crashed, killing the four
passengers and fellow classmates, officials said yesterday.
The five graduate students in the universityıs school of music were
returning from a rehearsal for a community concert in West Lafayette,
about 90 miles north of campus, when the plane disappeared from radar
about 11:40 p.m. Thursday.
Georgina H. Joshi, who had studied at the Royal College of Music in
London and had sung in Wales, piloted the singleengine Cessna.
Investigators said they did not immediately know how much flying
experience Joshi had.
In addition to Joshi, 24, of South Bend, the students who died in the
crash were identified as Zachary J. Novak, 25, of Anderson; Robert
Clayton Samels, 24, of Medina, Ohio; Garth A. Eppley, 25, of Wabash,
Ind.; and Chris Bates Carducci, 27, of Monroe, Mich.
"This is a devastating loss that is deeply felt on the Bloomington
campus," university president Adam Herbert said at a news conference.
Teary-eyed students consoled each other outside the School of Music
administration building.
"To lose one student, let alone five, is such a tragedy. It will have a
big impact on all of us," said Sam Page, a 19-yearold freshman from
Columbus, Ohio, majoring in performance bassoon.
Emergency crews found the badly damaged craft upside down in dense woods
just south of the airport a couple miles west of Bloomington. The main
fuselage appeared to be in one piece, and the landing gear was still
attached, but the wings were damaged.
5 Indiana students killed in plane crash
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Deanna Martin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. An Indiana University student was piloting a small
plane through dense fog when the aircraft crashed, killing the four
passengers and fellow classmates, officials said yesterday.
The five graduate students in the universityıs school of music were
returning from a rehearsal for a community concert in West Lafayette,
about 90 miles north of campus, when the plane disappeared from radar
about 11:40 p.m. Thursday.
Georgina H. Joshi, who had studied at the Royal College of Music in
London and had sung in Wales, piloted the singleengine Cessna.
Investigators said they did not immediately know how much flying
experience Joshi had.
In addition to Joshi, 24, of South Bend, the students who died in the
crash were identified as Zachary J. Novak, 25, of Anderson; Robert
Clayton Samels, 24, of Medina, Ohio; Garth A. Eppley, 25, of Wabash,
Ind.; and Chris Bates Carducci, 27, of Monroe, Mich.
"This is a devastating loss that is deeply felt on the Bloomington
campus," university president Adam Herbert said at a news conference.
Teary-eyed students consoled each other outside the School of Music
administration building.
"To lose one student, let alone five, is such a tragedy. It will have a
big impact on all of us," said Sam Page, a 19-yearold freshman from
Columbus, Ohio, majoring in performance bassoon.
Emergency crews found the badly damaged craft upside down in dense woods
just south of the airport a couple miles west of Bloomington. The main
fuselage appeared to be in one piece, and the landing gear was still
attached, but the wings were damaged.