A Sydney man living in the U.S. and en route to Sydney for a friend’s wedding, died when his single-engine plane crashed near Hollister Airport in California.
28-year-old Benny Glattstein was heading back to Sydney for the wedding of close friend Jamie Enoch to Miriam Vickers.
Glattstein, a former Moriah College student, had planned a scheduled stop in Hawaii and was to be a groomsman at the wedding due to be held at Sydney’s Great Synagogue on Sunday, December 5.
He was an experienced pilot who had co-operated Australian Air Ferry…a professional service ferrying aircraft around the globe.
Authorities at the crash scene told media that the single-engined Mooney is a total wreck “with debris everywhere”.
Glattstein was the only person on board the aircraft.
{JWire/Matzav.com}
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Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Aveilei Tzvion Viyerushalayim
We are all mourning over Benny. He was a warm, friendly young man who always had a smile on his face – and made you feel good whenever you saw him. I have been hassling him to come visit me in New York for the last year or more and I am so, so sad that he can never come now.
This is a senseless, horrific tragedy and he will be sorely missed for a long time to come.
Baruch dayan haemet.
I wish I had a plane. Having said that, just as in a car, you must be careful when flying and drinking.