Female pilot on solo flight around the world crashed three days after departure
Aug 01, 2025
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According to People magazine and other foreign media, Anto Nguyen, a 44-year-old Vietnamese female pilot from Washington state, died in a plane crash in Indiana at around 10:45 a.m. on the 30th.
She began her journey around the world three days before the accident with a single-engine light plane in Osiko, Wisconsin.
According to witnesses on the day of the accident, minutes after taking off from IndySouth Greenwood Airport in Indiana, her light aircraft dropped sharply in altitude and crashed into a hill behind a gas station.
There were no explosions and the wreckage of the plane was scattered on the lawn. No casualties were reported on the ground.
Emergency services immediately confirmed her death.
Minutes before the accident, Nguyen left a video message on her Facebook account saying she was `so happy to have completed her first round-the-world flight.' `This journey is not just a flight, it's meant to inspire the next generation of Asian female pilots and engineers.'
Nguyen, who moved to the United States from Vietnam at the age of 12, first began flying at the age of 16.
With a total of more than 5000 hours of flying experience, she founded a nonprofit organization called 'Asian Women Aviation and Aerospace (AWAA)' in 2018 to actively support Asian women's advance into aviation. The organization has been supporting young women's advance into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through scholarships and mentorship programs.
Hundreds of followers have left messages of condolence in Nguyen's last video since the accident.
Netizens are saying, `Her passion and ideals will continue to fly from the sky" posted a comment.
Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are currently conducting a detailed investigation into the cause of the accident. Official results are expected to take months.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
