One particular person died after a small aircraft crashed onto a freeway alongside the New York-Connecticut border, shutting down the roadway for an prolonged time, based on a police supply and officers.
The plane went down round 7 p.m. Thursday close to Westchester County Airport after the pilot reported engine issues, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned. The one-engine aircraft crashed onto I-684 in Greenwich, Connecticut, alongside a brief strip of freeway that runs by a nook of the state simply over the border from Westchester County.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) mentioned the aircraft was making an attempt to land on the small airport after the engines failed, however didn’t make it and crashed onto the freeway.
The freeway was closed between the northbound Exit 2 and the southbound Exit 3, based on officers.
Two individuals had been aboard the aircraft when it went down, one in all whom died because of the crash, based on a police supply.
The opposite was critically injured and brought to Westchester Medical Heart. Neither sufferer’s id was instantly obtainable.
The freeway was shut down as a police investigation was ongoing. The FAA was additionally wanting into the crash, and NTSB investigators had been anticipated to reach Friday.