Get the sled...
Posted on 05/31/2005 9:03:04 AM PDT by Calpernia
A small plane crashed Tuesday morning at Teterboro Airport. It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard or whether anyone was injured.
The plane, a Swearingen aircraft, was on final approach to the airport when the pilot reported engine problems, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Developing story.
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Small twin engine plane, crashed upon take off.
May 31, 2005 11:56 am US/Eastern
TETERBORO (CBS) Breaking news from New Jersey, after a small plane crashes at Teterboro Airport. Moonachie police say the plane crashed at the south end of runway #1 at Teterboro Airport around 11:30 a.m.
It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard or whether anyone was injured.
The plane, a Swearingen aircraft, was on final approach to the airport when the pilot reported engine problems, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Al is going to be plenty Irked.
Jeez, another one? Didn't one crash after an aborted takeoff a month or so ago? That one ripped the roof off a car on Route 46.
I know a Swearingen family. They're not much like Al, they're pretty mellow.
Yup! Just happened at 11:30 this morning. Info still coming in.
(1010 WINS) (TETERBORO, N.J.) A small plane crashed and burst into flames Tuesday morning at Teterboro Airport, injuring one of the two people on board, authorities said.
The plane, a Swearingen aircraft, was on final approach to the airport when the pilot reported engine problems, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The plane crashed at the end of the runway at about 11:30 a.m. and burst into flames. The blaze was soon extinguished, police said.
Moonachie police said the injured person was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. That person's condition was not immediately available.
The FAA Web site identified the plane as a multi-engine turbo-prop registered to Maci Leasing Corp. in Edison. There was no phone listing for such a business.
Get the sled...
The airport is now closed, and all air travel is suspended around Teterboro. Emergency crews are there, with people from the Port Authority joining local firefighters and police officers. Chopper 2 says that they've been spraying foam on the plane to control the flames.
February 2, 2005.
Apparently Bush's tax cuts have so starved local units of government that television news copters have to double as fire fighting forces.
LOL! Good catch.
LOL!!!! Just caught that :)
bump!
Was there a popping sound?
Did ICE make arrests here?
Did the repair parts come from China?
These reports all read the same, the airplane fell out of the sky.....Or couldn't get into the sky.
Prayers for all those hurt in this crash.
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