SURINAME / USA — A distress call made from a Surinamese pilot just prior to a fatal plane crash which claimed the lives of all four van Ommerens  has been released. The plane was headed to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Sunday from Orlando when it was reported by pilots that smoke was billowing from the cockpit. Just before crashing the pilot called out, “Mayday, mayday, mayday.” “We think it was about two miles from the runway,” said National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Ralph Hicks. “He reported smoke in the cockpit…[+]