Cause Of Death Released For MoCo Woman Killed On Turbulent Flight

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — A Montgomery County woman who died on a flight diverted to Connecticut's 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 chief medical examiner's office.

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.

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The flight was diverted to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 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.

According to her biography, 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.