Dana J. Hyde
 Dana J. Hyde  (attorney) | |
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| Born | 1968 |
| Died | 5 March, 2023 (Age 54) |
Cause of death | "blunt-force injuries due to air turbulence" |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Georgetown Law School, University of California (Los Angeles) |
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members |
Dana J. Hyde is a former State Department and White House official.[1]
Death
Hyde, a former official in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses died on March 5, 2023 after the private business jet that the prominent Washington attorney was on experienced stability issues and encountered severe turbulence mid-flight. The chief medical examiner’s office declared she had suffered from blunt-force injuries.[2]
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, between 2009 and 2020, just 30 people were injured as a result of turbulence during flights, and no one died, making mid-flight deaths from turbulence an extreme rarity.[3]
Aspen Institute
Hyde was co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Partnership for an Inclusive Economy.[4][5] After her death, all references to her were removed from the Aspen website.[6][7]
References
- ↑ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20150317/103160/HHRG-114-FA00-Bio-HydeD-20150317.pdf
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/07/dana-hyde-dead-flight-turbulence-white-house
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/turbulence-jet-passenger-killed-trim-ntsb-d40ce82b8d61f63d60016afd42a7fd07
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201201080947/https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/the-aspen-partnership-for-an-inclusive-economy/
- ↑ https://archive.is/BDige
- ↑ Her name no longer found at Aspen https://archive.is/nIppI
- ↑ December 2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20221209130806/https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/dana-j-hyde/ March 2023 https://www.aspeninstitute.org/?post_type=people&p=118647
