A airplane carrying six individuals crashed in an open discipline close to Copake, N.Y., Saturday, in line with the Federal Aviation Administration.
At the least one individual was killed, Columbia County Undersheriff Jacqueline Salvatore stated in a information convention Saturday afternoon, however couldn’t specify what number of different passengers survived. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board stated at a information convention on a Sunday all six individuals had been faraway from the scene and no person has been hospitalized.
NTSB officers, who’re main the investigation on the crash, would not straight affirm the fatalities and referred to native authorities.
The passengers had been relations and companions coming in for a vacation celebration, in line with the NTSB.
In line with a video obtained by the NTSB, the plane was intact earlier than it crashed at a excessive price of descent. The pilot had acquired a low altitude alert and air visitors management tried to contact the pilot a number of instances, NTSB officers stated Sunday, however there was no response and no misery name.
The airplane didn’t hit any constructions on the way in which down, Salvatore informed reporters, and the crash web site is troublesome to entry due to muddy circumstances. It was unclear what had induced the airplane to crash, Salvatore stated the day earlier than investigators arrived.
Officers from the sheriff’s workplace, New York State Police, and an area hearth division assisted after a 911 name got here in round midday.
The Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 was flying to the Columbia County Airport in Hudson, N.Y., the FAA famous.
Knowledge from the monitoring web site FlightAware reveals the identical mannequin airplane take off from Westchester County Airport simply after 11:30 a.m., with a 12:06 p.m. scheduled touchdown time. The flight path stops in need of the airport after turning east.
