Investigators: At least one year before cause of upstate NY plane crash that killed 6 is known
The National Transportation Safety Board provided an update on the crash and said police have provided investigators with more than 1,000 images of what happened after words. They also have secured multiple memory cards. But they add, it will be a while before there are definitive answers.
'We've made good progress today and yesterday, and it's still very early. Our objective is not just to find out what happened, but why it happened, so we can make a recommendation, so this does not happen again, National Transportation Safety Board Member Todd Inman said during an update Monday.
Rochester neurosurgeon among 6 killed in NY plane crash
A team of air traffic control specialists have remained on-site since the twin-engine Mitsubishi MU-2B went down shortly after noon Saturday in a muddy field in Copake, New York, near the Massachusetts line, killing everyone on board.
New video from NTSB shows the aftermath of the crash. NTSB said it is pulling together an excelled team to help work through the evidence — as the extraction of the aircraft has begun and is expected to be completed soon. It will be transported to Massachusetts.
'We are beginning the interviews. Those will go on for the next week. We'll be interviewing every one of the controllers that were involved in the entire flight and making sure that we're getting all the details,' Inman said.
This was the second flight of the day for that aircraft. It had taken off hours before and landed in White Plains and then left the area of White Plains just under an hour before it crashed. The crash scene was 10 miles from the airport and investigators said the weather was getting worse at that time.
'Real sense of grief': Healthcare professional reflects on loss of neurosurgeon, family killed in NY plane crash
'You may notice that this type of plane requires additional training beyond just a normal FAA private pilot's license,' Inman said. 'The training was completed, and the pilot was proficient.'
Among those killed, a renowned neurosurgeon with Rochester Regional Health, Dr. Michael Groff, along with several of his immediate family members — including his wife, urogynecologist Dr. Joy Sani, and two of their three children: 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Karenna, and her youngest brother, Jared.
Monday, the CBS affiliate station in Philadelphia spoke with a former coach of Jared's, who called the incident a tragedy.
'A lot of people hurting, as I mentioned, you know, he's got 6 brothers from his class and all of his other teammates that are devastated right now and all the guys who coached him and it's just, um, You just, I mean, you don't expect it to happen and when it does, it's you're just numb with shock,' Swarthmore Basketball Coach Landry Kosmalski said.
Investigators anticipate being in the area for at least another five days and hope to have the preliminary report out in 60 days. They are asking anyone who has doorbell or Ring camera footage of the incident to share it.
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