The bizarre fatal crash of a Cessna 172 at Nashville International Airport (KBNA) on Tuesday that went undetected for up to six hours took another strange turn when the pilot turned out to be a convicted Canadian bank robber.
The 172 apparently crashed sometime after 2:45 a.m. in dense fog with 45-year-old Michael Callan at the controls. The Cessna, which was owned by the flying club Callan belonged to at Windsor Airport (CYQG) in Canada, just across the border from Detroit, departed CYQG on a filed flight plan to Pelee Island, about 30 minutes away. Investigators told The Windsor Star that it’s unclear whether Callan ever landed there, but what is known is that he fatally crashed at Nashville International some time in the early morning hours.
