Three men killed in a plane crash last week in Bath Township are believed to be pilots and a mechanic who were from Mexico, according to township officials.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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