Ex-official in Clinton and Obama White Houses dies in air turbulence incident

Dana Hyde, 55, was flying from Maryland to New England and suffered blunt-force injuries from violent turbulence

A former official in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses died last Friday after the private business jet that the prominent Washington attorney was on experienced stability issues and encountered severe turbulence mid-flight.

The National Transportation Safety Board has since started investigating a reported trim issue that occurred prior to the in-flight upset" that affected the plane's altitude control and may have caused the instability.