Plane crash: Pilot, passenger who left in small plane from JFK Airport, found dead near site of crash in Westchester County - WABC-TV

WHITE PLAINS, New York (WABC) -- The wreckage of that tiny level that crashed aft going missing successful Westchester County remains tangled successful a heavy wooded country Friday.

The bodies of the 2 men wrong the level were located nearby.

Officials accidental the aviator and rider were members of the Jewish assemblage successful Cleveland. They are identified arsenic Baruch Taub and Benjamin Chafitz.

Westchester County Police accidental the aircraft, a single-engine Beechcraft A36, was located precocious Thursday nighttime successful an country surrounded by trees pursuing a section search-and-rescue operation.

The level took disconnected from JFK International Airport soon aft 5 p.m. headed to the Cuyahoga County Airport, conscionable southbound of Cleveland.

Shortly aft takeoff, the aviator reported a nonaccomplishment of lipid unit portion implicit Long Island Sound. FAA aerial postulation controllers mislaid radar and vigor interaction with the craft astatine 5:30 p.m.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said level went down astir 2 miles from Westchester County Airport successful Loudon Point Woods, a 162-acre wooded country adjacent to Rye Lake.

An extended hunt followed. Officials said it was analyzable by rainfall and thunderstorms, which prevented the usage of drones successful trying to find the wreckage, and by the heavy wooded terrain.

Crews were yet capable to usage pings from the victims' compartment phones to find the downed plane.

The bodies of the aviator and rider were recovered astatine 10:55 p.m., much than 5 hours aft the crash.

Officials accidental the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating.

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