Mysterious shooting and plane crash

Title

Mysterious shooting and plane crash

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Paul Woodley reports on the investigation into the lawyer, Thomas Root, who crashed his plane in America when he lost consciousness because of a gunshot wound and has been connected to fraud claims with the company Sunrise Management Services, drugs and illegal weapons. Includes interviews with his brother-in-law Brett Gear; and investigator Andrew Olsten of US National Transportation Safety Board on the difficulty of recovering the plane.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Andrew Olsten; Brett Gear

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; Fraud; Crime; Police; Drug traffic; Illegal drugs; Aeroplanes; Firearms; Salvage; Lawyers; AM (radio programme); Florida; Crashes (aircraft); Thomas Root; Bahamas; Sunrise Management Services

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