July 24, 2024, 9:37 AM
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEKIMI, Wis. (AP) — A man from Pennsylvania and another from New York were in a deadly plane crash near the site of an air show in eastern Wisconsin in the past.
The bodies of Sean Tommervik, 37, of Philadelphia, and James G. Sullivan, 32, of Brooklyn, were discovered Monday in the rubble of a farm field, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday in a statement.
“Official confirmation from the medical examiner will take longer,” the sheriff’s office said. “However, after the initial investigation, there is no explanation as to why the occupants were not Mr. Tommervik and Mr. Sullivan. “
They were those on board the Lancair Super ES, owned by Tommervik. The rescuers discovered the plane completely on fire in the pit in the town of Nekimi. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
The plane crashed about 3 kilometers south of the EAA AirVenture airshow site at Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport. On Monday, the first day of the 71st AirVenture, a week-long occasion scheduled for demonstrations of Army aircraft and forums with fighter pilots, aircraft designers and NASA astronauts, the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper reported.