A newlywed Florida couple dies in a plane crash while they were documenting their honeymoon online. According to authorities, the bride and groom were riding a small plane four days after their wedding day. It said that they crashed in Colorado on Monday afternoon.
The San Miguel Sheriff's Office said that Costas John Sivyllis and his wife, Lindsey Vogelaar, were on their Beechcraft Bonanza when the accident happened. The couple's plane went down shortly after they took off from Telluride Airport.
The plane crashed ten to 15 minutes after its departure
Based on the Federal Aviation Administration and the sheriff's office, just ten to 15 minutes after departure, the plane went down. It crashed on the side of a mountain in Ingram Basin. The sheriff's office said that the couple had eloped for a small wedding at Telluride, Colorado, on October 1.
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It also said that the duo was taking a video of their adventure-filled honeymoon online. The husband and wife had wanted their friends and families to follow their trip. They could have possibly stopped in Oklahoma to refuel their plane as they were headed back to their hometown in Port Orange, Florida.
Search operations started at around 4:30 PM on Monday to recover the bodies of the deceased couple and finished at around 6:25 PM.
Both worked in the airline industries
The sheriff's office said that the 30-year-old husband worked for United Airlines as a flight instructor and pilot. On the other hand, his 33-year-old wife had also worked in the airline industry, said the same source.
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Apart from that, Sivyllis was also Air Line Pilots Association's National Education Committee chairman. He was an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2012 graduate in Daytona Beach, according to ALPA.
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As written in his ALPA biography, Sivyllis' routes at United were mostly between the US and Europe. He detailed some flights in a blog post that chronicles a day in the life of a pilot. He shared what it was like to fly from Newark, New Jersey to Paris, France.
A lifelong dream of becoming a pilot
He shared what reminded him while he was flying over the Atlantic Ocean at night. It brought memories of his lifelong dream to become a pilot. Sivyllis wrote that it was a peaceful and calm annual journey that had made him fall in love with flying.
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He said that it was a sight that he relished while traveling as a kid overseas to see his family. He took a moment to think about how he had dreamt of that travel for years. He added that he sat back as his dreams turn into reality.
Sivyllis shared that he observed the flight device as he chats casually about the schedule for next month with the other pilot with him. Besides the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what happened with the plane crash.
