A pilot identified for transporting rescued canine to shelter and care amenities died alongside a canine in a aircraft crash in New York state’s Catskill Mountains on Sunday, authorities stated.
The deceased was recognized Monday as Seuk Kim, 49, of Springfield, Virginia. Kim was identified for flying canine in want of shelter and care to accepting amenities, as he did earlier this 12 months with a canine rescued from a delivery container in Houston.
Inexperienced County Sheriff Peter Kusminsky informed The Related Press the flight was related to a nonprofit that enlists volunteer pilots to move rescued animals to shelter, placement and care amenities.
First responders — together with sheriff’s deputies, state forest rangers, state police and native firefighters — descended on the crash website within the city of Windham, New York, within the Catskills, following the 6:10 p.m. crash on Sunday, the Inexperienced County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a collection of statements.
A short assertion from the Federal Aviation Administration stated the crash website discovery was made in Catskill State Park.
First responders discovered the downed aircraft, Kim’s physique, that of a deceased canine, and one animal survivor: a Labrador combine affected by two damaged legs, the sheriff’s workplace stated. A 3rd canine was lacking, it stated.
The injured canine was taken by the Hyer Floor Rescue nonprofit to the a veterinary hospital, the sheriff’s workplace stated. The lacking canine was discovered and brought by Hyer Floor and Companions for Animal Welfare to an animal care facility, it stated.
An post-mortem shall be carried out on Kim’s physique, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
He was flying a Mooney M20J, a propeller-driven four-seat plane, from Maryland to Albany, New York, the workplace stated. Albany is roughly 50 miles north-northeast of the crash website.
The Nationwide Climate Service reported gentle rain and a temperature of 39 levels shortly earlier than the crash, although it isn’t but clear if climate had something to do with the incident. Kusminsky informed the AP there was a foot of snow on the bottom the place the aircraft was found.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is investigating the reason for the crash.
