Plane carrying six in 'fatal' New York state crash: NTSB
14 Apr 2025 14:32
New York (AFP)A small aircraft carrying six people has crashed in New York state, killing at least one, authorities said on Sunday.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a "fatal crash" in Copake, eastern New York, official Todd Inman told reporters on Sunday, without specifying the number of deaths.The Mitsubishi MU2B40 aircraft crashed into a field 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the local Columbia County airport shortly after noon on Saturday, Inman said."There were six people on board... I can say that all six were removed from the scene," Inman said. "We have no one hospitalized at this time."Inman said the people on board the plane were members of a family on their way to a holiday celebration.The New York Times reported that all six people on board were dead, citing a family member.The victims were Michael Groff, the pilot and a neurosurgeon, his surgeon wife Joy Saini, their two children and the children's partners, the New York Times said.Inman said the aircraft was "compressed, buckled and embedded into the terrain" from the force of the impact."During the approach at Columbia County Airport, the pilot reported a missed approach (and) he requested vectors for another approach," he said.Visibility was falling before the crash happened, Inman said.The pilot was experienced and the aircraft's cockpit was recently updated.The incident is the latest in a string of aviation disasters in recent days, coming after a helicopter plummeted into the Hudson River last week, killing six people.In January, 67 people died in a collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington in January.
A light aircraft also crashed after departing Boca Raton airport in Florida on Friday, with local media reporting three people had been killed after the plane developed a mechanical issue.
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