All three men who lost their lives in a plane crash near Lansing last week have been identified. The jet took off from Battle Creek Executive Airport on Thursday and went down about 70 miles away.

The three people killed in a small plane crash in Bath Township, Michigan, on Thursday evening have been "presumptively identified," according to a medical official.

In the audio obtained from LiveATC.net, the pilot was having a calm conversation with air traffic control and gave a natural sign off before a mechanical issue caused the plane to begin its fatal descent. “Stall recovery! Stall recovery!” the pilot shouts before his audio cuts out.

BATH TWP. — The crew of a small jet plane that crashed on Thursday, Oct. 16, in a wooded area northeast of Lansing was on a test flight following scheduled maintenance performed in Battle Creek, the aircraft maintenance company said. The company, Duncan Aviation, said the Beechcraft Hawker 800XP was on a "stall flight" when the crash happened.

Three people were killed after a small plane crashed on Thursday in a wooded area in Bath Township, Mich., the authorities said. The Bath Township Fire Department and Police Department responded to the crash about 5 p.m., Ryan Fewins-Bliss, the Bath Township supervisor, said in a news release.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is gearing up to release pheasants onto 13 state game/wildlife areas throughout Michigan — except for Rose Lake State Game Area, the site of a deadly mid-sized twinjet crash.

A small jet aircraft crashed near the intersection of Clark Road and Peacock Road in Bath Charter Township at approximately 5 p.m. on October 16.The Bath Chart