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.

BATH TWP. — The crew of a small jet plane that crashed on Thursday, Oct. 16, in a wooded area northeast of Lansing was on a test flight following scheduled maintenance performed in Battle Creek, the aircraft maintenance company said. The company, Duncan Aviation, said the Beechcraft Hawker 800XP was on a "stall flight" when the crash happened.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Three people have died in a small plane crash in Bath Township, according to township officials. Police say the crash occurred at around 5:00 p.m. near the intersection of Clark Road and Peacock Road. Three passengers were confirmed to be aboard the plane. Police say all three have been confirmed deceased. […]

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.