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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Category: Plane Crashes

Needless to say, family-owned A.D. Williams Engineering is in shock after losing 5 more of it's employees in a plane crash on Friday - 5 months to the day after losing two others in a plane crash. On Friday, four men and one woman were killed when their Piper Malibu 46 went down 140 miles SE of Edmonton, Alberta, on their way to a meeting in Winnipeg. It is reported Reagan Williams, the president was killed along with the company's CFO, another company official, and two contractors.

The founder of the company, Allen Williams, Reagan Williams' father, was killed on October 28, 2007, when his Cessna 172 crashed in British Columbia. This story made headlines because, although Mr. Williams and the company's CFO died, his 3 year old granddaughter, Reagan's niece, survived and was found hanging upside down in her car seat, which her grandfather had secured inside the plane - some called her the "miracle baby".

The NTSB said the aircraft was experiencing difficulty and was erratic before it disappeared. There is some speculation the plane began to break up before it went down because a piece of wing was found over 3 miles from the crash site.

After being devastated in October when the company lost it's founder and chairman, it pulled together to get on its feet and now it is faced with another tragedy.