Accidents
NBAA To Honor Flight Attendant for Saving Lives of Two Passengers
Sydney Bosmans helped two passengers escape safely from a burning aircraft
N823KD Hop-A-Jet Challenger 604
N823KD, a Bombardier Challenger 604 owned and operated by Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Hop-A-Jet, crashed while on approach to Naples Airport after the crew had received oil pressure warnings.

NBAA is honoring Sydney Bosmans for her quick thinking and professionalism that saved the lives of two passengers from the fatal Hop-A-Jet aircraft crash in February in Naples, Florida. Bosmans will receive the Above and Beyond Award for Heroic Achievement from NBAA during a special reception held during NBAA-BACE in October in Las Vegas.

Both pilots perished in the February 9 crash of a Bombardier Challenger 604 that was en route from Columbus, Ohio. The pilots had reported a dual-engine flameout and attempted to land at Naples Municipal Airport but reported they would not make it to the airport. Instead, the aircraft touched down on the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 and continued through the breakdown lane into a grass-shoulder area before colliding with a concrete sound barrier.