In the audio obtained from LiveATC.net, the pilot was having a calm conversation with air traffic control and gave a natural sign off before a mechanical issue caused the plane to begin its fatal descent. “Stall recovery! Stall recovery!” the pilot shouts before his audio cuts out.

Bone-chilling audio captured the exact moment a tower lost contact with a doomed private jet -- seconds before it came crashing down in Michigan, killing three.

The airplane that went down outside of Lansing on Thursday night took off from Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field, officials confirmed with FOX 17.

Pilot Daniel Filer and backseat observer Mark Ruff clash on whether ejecting from the MiG at the air show put the public at risk.

Three people were killed after a small plane crashed on Thursday in a wooded area in Bath Township, Mich., the authorities said. The Bath Township Fire Department and Police Department responded to the crash about 5 p.m., Ryan Fewins-Bliss, the Bath Township supervisor, said in a news release.