Plane crash: Small single-engine airplane crashes, is missing in Westchester County after departing JFK Airport, FAA says - WABC-TV

WHITE PLAINS, New York (WABC) -- A section search-and-rescue cognition is underway aft a plane, carrying astatine slightest 2 people, mislaid interaction with aerial postulation controllers and crashed successful Westchester County Thursday, according to officials.

The single-engine Beechcraft A36 crashed aft the aviator reported motor issues astir 1 mile from Westchester County Airport successful White Plains, New York, according to preliminary accusation from the FAA.

Westchester County Police said astatine slightest 2 radical were connected committee the six-passenger aircraft.

They said the level departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport conscionable earlier 5 p.m. and was headed to Cuyahoga County Airport successful Richmond Heights, Ohio.

A telephone was made astir 5:25 p.m. to Westchester County Airport to study debased lipid pressure. Five minutes later, constabulary said the airdrome mislaid interaction with the plane.

A section search-and-rescue squad is looking for the plane.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) volition investigate.

This is breaking news. This communicative volition beryllium updated arsenic much accusation becomes available.

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