SAN DIEGO – The pilot of a small plane who was killed in a collision with a small jet over Southern California was an executive at San Diego chipmaker Qualcomm, Inc.
The San Diego County medical examiner said in a statement Tuesday that the man piloting the Cessna 172 was 55-year-old Michael A. Copeland.
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Copeland had worked as a senior marketing manager at Qualcomm since 2008.
Qualcomm said in a statement that it is “extremely saddened” by the news and that Copeland was a “much-loved member of our team.”
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Copeland’s Cessna collided with a fast-moving, twin-engine Sabreliner jet near a small San Diego County airport on Sunday. All five people aboard the two aircraft were killed.
Federal investigators are probing the cause.
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