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23. Body found in Miami likely passenger who fell from small plane: police

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 06:16 PM

Nov 2013

Source: Reuters

Body found in Miami likely passenger who fell from small plane: police

BY NOREEN O'DONNELL
Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:26pm EST

(Reuters) - A body found in Miami on Saturday is likely that of a passenger who plunged from a small private airplane as it flew off the city's coast two days ago, police said.

The body was discovered at about 10:30 a.m. on the ocean side of a mangrove area by the Miami-Dade Police Department's marine units, Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said in a statement.

Gerardo Nales, a 42-year-old resident of Key Biscayne, Florida, had been missing since he either jumped or fell into Biscayne Bay during a flight on Thursday afternoon, according to the plane's pilot.

"Even though we presume that the body found is that of Gerardo Nales, investigators are pending 'official identification' from the Medical Examiner's Office," the police statement said.

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Pilot: Passenger fell out of plane; Miami offshore search continues [View all] maddezmom Nov 2013 OP

Maybe it's just me but something very fishy about this story..We'll see I guess...n/t monmouth3 Nov 2013 #1

Agree maddezmom Nov 2013 #2

Mayday, Mayday…I pushed her out and left the door ajar? Too early to get that deep, for me. silvershadow Nov 2013 #9

any info on the passenger and how many others were on the plane ? JI7 Nov 2013 #3

Not so far maddezmom Nov 2013 #6

Newer info here...pilot and man that fell out were only people on the plane maddezmom Nov 2013 #8

Hmmmmmm......... 7962 Nov 2013 #4

Very strange.... A door in flight is pretty difficult to open groundloop Nov 2013 #5

copycat of this? from Nov 5th mockmonkey Nov 2013 #7

That's what I think, too. marble falls Nov 2013 #12

"That's correct, sir. He opened the back door and he just fell out the plane." toby jo Nov 2013 #10

How in the world did this happen ? In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #11

Piper PA-46 Earth_First Nov 2013 #13

The Piper Malibu has a split door arrangement.... Capt.Rocky300 Nov 2013 #15

Is it possible it could come open while banking? Ash_F Nov 2013 #16

Extremely unlikely due to the aerodynamic forces exerted by banking the airplane in the turn..... Capt.Rocky300 Nov 2013 #17

Consider also that it's a pretty tight cabin....... Capt.Rocky300 Nov 2013 #18

So there is an 'autopilot' system feature? Earth_First Nov 2013 #19

The Malibu has an excellent autopilot and in an aircraft...... Capt.Rocky300 Nov 2013 #20

Drug Drop????? N/T catnhatnh Nov 2013 #14

Maybe someone traded in his boat for the Piper? Sedona Nov 2013 #21

I worked at that airport as a teen sanding paint off wings.. BadGimp Nov 2013 #22

Body found in Miami likely passenger who fell from small plane: police Eugene Nov 2013 #23