BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) - The family of a pilot who was killed in a crash in Beverly earlier this week is mourning their loss and has issued a statement.
The small plane crashed shortly after taking off Thursday morning, leaving the pilot, identified as Geoffrey Andrews, dead, and a passenger hospitalized with serious injuries.
His family says he was working toward his flight instructor certification and was a staff scientist at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington. He is survived by his wife, who is pregnant with their first child.
In a statement, his family said, “Beyond his love for flight, Geoffrey was a beautiful, charismatic soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and always had a kind word for others.”
His uncle, Simon Andrews, told 7NEWS, “He loved any kind of sense of adventure, he was up for it.”
Simon said Geoffrey dreamed of being an astronaut but it was his wife who kept him grounded.
“They are just everything you would hope a young, loving couple would be, they were devoted to each other,” he said.
A GoFundMe has been created to support the Andrews family.
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