Captain of Florida plane crash has ties to Allentown, Pennsylvania
Nov 3, 2026
Action News has learned Captain Jeff Gregory was a former member of an Allentown Aviation Company.
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The National Transportation Safety Board says parts of a business
jet likely started to break off before the aircraft crashed
in South Florida, killing all nine people on board. We've learned
the captain was a former member of an Allentown aviation company.
East Coast Jets Incorporated said Captain Jeff Gregory worked
for them briefly in 2016.
And 2017. The plane took off from Austin, Texas on Sunday,
bound for the Bahamas when it crashed near West Palm Beach.
Investigators say weather conditions are a major focus
of their investigation. There was a thunderstorm warning in the area
and one of the pilots reported ice accumulating on the jet.