Dad’s final words before plane he was flying crashed killing his entire family on the way back from Disney World
Witnesses saw the badly-damaged plane spin through the air
THE final words of a pilot dad who desperately tried to save his young family during a storm as they flew home from Disney World were: "I'm doing the best I can."
Joseph Crenshaw, 45, was flying his wife Jennifer, 43, his son Jacob, 16, and daughter Jillian, 14, back to Tennessee from the Florida resort when he hit heavy rain over Alabama, according to an air accident report.
Air traffic controllers tried to guide him away from the storm but the plane suddenly dropped from 12,000ft to 5,800ft.
Mr Crenshaw was told to check his altitude, and the last thing the air controllers heard where: "I'm doing the best I can."
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Soon after radio contact was lost, reports .
Witnesses say they heard a loud boom before watching as the badly-damaged plane spun through the air, raining wreckage across a wide area.
Jacob was a sophomore at the University School of Jackson while Jillian was in the eighth grade, reports the .
It is not known what caused the catastrophic damage to the plane in the air.
Last month a plane dramatically fell from the sky in the US before smashing into the ground in a fireball.
The plane, believed to be a small private jet, is understood to have come down in Kennesaw, near Atlanta, Georgia.