The individual who died on a private jet due to turbulence has been identified.
NBC News reported on Monday that Dana J. Hyde, a lawyer who served on the 9/11 commission as well as under both the Clinton and Obama administrations, died after the private jet she was flying on hit turbulence as it flew over New England.
The 55-year-old was transported in an ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, per the report.
She was later pronounced dead.
The outlet noted five individuals were flying on the jet.
Conexon, a company based in Kansas City, Missouri, owns the aircraft.
“We can confirm that the aircraft was owned by Conexon and that Dana Hyde was the wife of Conexon partner Jonathan Chambers,” company spokesperson Abby Carere told NBC News in an email.
She continued, “Jonathan and his son were on the flight also and not injured in the incident.”
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, turbulence was the cause for more than a third of accidents that occurred on larger commercial airlines between 2009 and 2018, as The Associated Press reported.
Hyde’s bio explains she had “over 25 years of experience in law, public policy, and international development.”
It continues, “She served eight years in the Obama Administration, as Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State.”
Additionally, Hyde “served as Counsel to the 9/11 Commission and as Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Administration. Earlier in her career Hyde practiced law at WilmerHale in London and in Washington, DC at Zuckerman Spaeder.”
At the time of her death, she was a partner at the venture capital firm JVP.
