Overview
- Bath Township police reopened Clark Road between Upton and Peacock after days of closures near the Rose Lake State Wildlife Area crash site.
- Authorities have presumptively identified the victims as pilots Rodolfo Pimentel Zamora and Francisco del Moral Jimenez and mechanic Alvaro Espejo Javier Rodriguez, with DNA confirmation pending.
- The Mexico-registered Hawker 800XP departed Battle Creek on a post-maintenance test flight when it went down shortly after 5 p.m. on Oct. 16, starting a fire in a remote, wooded area.
- Duncan Aviation says the flight included a stall-recovery exercise, though investigators have not determined a cause and continue to gather evidence.
- The FAA and NTSB are leading the investigation, noting that a full report could take 12 to 18 months, and officials said the aircraft is registered to Condor Air LLC.