Co-pilot Dies After Fall From Plane in North Carolina

Co-pilot Dies After Fall From Plane in North Carolina
Aerial view of Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Cedar Fork Township, N.C., on April 27, 2022. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
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The co-pilot of a small cargo plane died Friday after falling from the aircraft in North Carolina before it made an emergency landing.

News outlets report that the body of the co-pilot, 23-year-old Charles Hew Crooks, was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina, about 30 miles south of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He did not have a parachute.