The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released their first report into the deadly plane crash that happened in Dartmouth last month.

According to the report, the pilot filed a flight plan from New Bedford Regional Airport to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot said he would be returning to the airport.

Air traffic control asked the pilot if he needed assistance upon landing, but he reportedly said no and that he “should be okay.”

Roughly a minute later, according to the report, the controller provided the pilot with a low altitude alert and the altimeter setting that was current at the time. The pilot confirmed the altimeter setting.

Shortly after, the pilot reportedly made an “unintelligible exclamation.”

NTSB’s report does not mention the weather, though t

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