The passenger who died after a severe jet turbulence incident in the skies above New England last week was a prominent lawyer who served on both the Clinton and Obama administrations, according to authorities.
The Connecticut State Troopers, one of the agencies investigating the March. 3 incident, on Monday named the deceased woman as 55-year-old Dana J. Hyde. She was one of five onboard the private jet, which made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut after it hitting heavy turbulence.
The jet was traveling from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, before diverting to Bradley, The Boston Globe reported. Connecticut State Troopers responded to the medical assist call and rushed Hyde to Saint Francis Medical Center in Hartford, where she was pronounced dead….