SOTT.net recently reported on a story of a plane crash in South Carolina on Oct 2nd, at approximately 3:15 pm.

Authorities from Georgia and South Carolina say four people were killed in a plane crash near the state line at Lake Hartwell.

The Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley confirmed to WYFF News 4 a small plane had crashed near the state line along Lake Hartwell.

Investigators said the plane’s debris field was discovered in a tree line near the lake, and in the lake.

New information has been released from the investigation of the crash:

Several people living in the area said they heard and saw the plane before it crashed at 3:12 p.m., the report says.

One person reported hearing a loud “boom,” then saw pieces of white debris falling into the lake, the report says. Another said the plane fell vertically, spiraling downward until it disappeared among the trees, according to the report. The plane’s engine was running until it hit the ground, another witness told the NTSB.

The area’s 911 center received multiple calls about the crash, and first responders were able to locate the wreckage shortly afterward, the report says.

The airplane was destroyed by the force of the impact and did not catch fire, the report says. It was found in a wooded area, about 50 yards north of the lake where radar contact was reportedly lost. Based on damage to the trees around the wreckage, it’s believed the plane made a near-vertical descent before hitting the ground, the report says.

The main cabin, cockpit, engine, propeller, left wing and inboard half of the right wing were found north of the lake, while about a tenth of the plane’s empennage — or tail — was found near the lake’s southern shore, the report says.

When the preliminary report was published Friday, the outboard portion of the right wing and the rest of the tail hadn’t been found.

As many regular readers of SOTT.net and especially the ‘Fire in the Sky’ subsection of the website are aware, for years there have been reports of ‘loud booms’ reported worldwide with little or no explanation from the mainstream media about their source. At most, they suggest and imply in most cases that these loud booms are created from sonic booms produced by aircraft. At the same time fireball sightings have seemed to be increasing exponentially.

    

An explanation for the booms, taking the increase of fireballs being reported worldwide into account, is that these loud booms are overhead meteors disintegrating and exploding in the atmosphere where the meteor itself is not seen. Most daytime fireballs are not visible to the naked eye.

SOTT.net has speculated that one such meteor overhead explosion caused Air France Flight 447 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris to crash in the Mid-Atlantic on June 1st, 2009.

Is this recent plane crash with a reported loud boom the result of a meteor impact or meteor explosion shock wave?

A loud boom was reported at the time of the crash and debris was seen falling into a nearby lake. This boom could have been caused by a meteor impacting the plane, severing the right wing and the tail section, parts of which are still missing. Or a meteor could have exploded above the plane, creating a shock wave that tore parts off the plane.This then caused the plane to descend at a near-vertical angle with the engine still running.

A fireball was witnessed over Florida at approximately 6:30 pm that same day. Of course, this meteor would not be related directly to the crash, but the sighting might indicate that a stream of meteors was ‘incoming’ at that time.

Other possible explanations that may fit the facts are that 1) a bomb exploded on board the plane or 2) the plane was struck by lightning, although a lightning strike at the time of the crash has not been reported.

Without further information being released about cause of the loud boom and the crash in general, the events surrounding the crash are likely to remain a mystery, yet it is possible cosmic influences in the form of a meteor played a role.