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(182,803 posts)malaise
(268,997 posts)<snip>
The Federal Aviation Administration said a Learjet 35 from Philadelphia crashed while attempting to land at Teterboro Airport.
The plane went down about 1/4 mile from the airport in a wooded area in Carlstadt, according to the FAA.
Police said the plane damaged a warehouse.
A thick plume of smoke can be seen rising from the site of the crash.
There was no immediate word on casualties.
elleng
(130,903 posts)A small plane sent dark smoke billowing into the air after crashing at New Jerseys Teterboro Airport.
A Learjet 35 crashed as it was approaching the airports Runway 1 around 3:30 pm and went down in a neighborhood about 400 yards away, the FAA said in a statement to the Daily News Tuesday afternoon.
FAA communications manager Katheleen Bergen said that the plane was coming from Philadelphia International Airport.
It was not immediately clear how many people had been injured in the crash.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/small-plane-crashes-teterboro-airport-article-1.3168090
malaise
(268,997 posts)elleng
(130,903 posts)Or the fog of Mother's Day!
malaise
(268,997 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)my heart goes out to them...
malaise
(268,997 posts)Take them to Binghamton every few years to visit a sibling - they're bigger than Lear Jets - with propellers
spanone
(135,831 posts)noisy...almost like cargo planes....with seats.
noisy is the word
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)malaise
(268,997 posts)Last edited Mon May 15, 2017, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)
OK I'm slow today
By the way the pilot and co-pilot died
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Dorothy Hunt
Paul Wellstone
Michael Connell
I'd also add that initial reports said that there were four people aboard that plane, until the local police stepped in and defined the two crew as also being the two "passengers." Probably just an error in reporting, but one of these days, soon, we'll see it for real.
malaise
(268,997 posts)hehehehehhe
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Or foe? Are we going full Putin?
mzteaze
(448 posts)But glad I did not go into work today. I work right over there.