Cause Of Death Released For Woman Killed On Flight Diverted To CT

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — A Maryland woman who died on a flight diverted to Bradley International Airport due to turbulence earlier this month died of blunt force injuries to the head, neck, body, and extremities, according to a report by NBC Connecticut citing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Dana Hyde, 55, of Cabin John, Maryland, suffered a medical emergency on March 3 while on a business jet bound for Leesburg, Virginia, according to police.

The flight was diverted to Bradley International Airport due to the turbulence and Hyde was taken to a Hartford hospital, where she died, police said.

Hyde was flying with her husband and one of her sons on a plane owned by rural broadband consulting firm Conexon, the company told The Washington Post. The plane was a Bombardier Challenger 300, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed.

Neither of her relatives nor the two members of the flight crew were injured, the company and the Federal Aviation Administration said.

NTSB investigators have said they are looking at a reported trim issue that occurred prior to the inflight upset and will learn more after they analyze information from the flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder, and other sources of information, like weather data.

According to her bio, Hyde was a mother of two boys and a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in law, public policy, and international development who served in both the Clinton and Obama administrations and in the State Department.

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