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Passenger From CT Crash Lands Plane On Martha's Vineyard After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency Passenger From CT Crash Lands Plane On Martha's Vineyard After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency
Passenger From CT Crash Lands Plane On Martha's Vineyard After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency A female passenger took the controls of a small plane that departed from New York and crash-landed on Martha's Vineyard Island after the pilot suffered a medical emergency, according to Massachusetts State Police. The incident happened at around 3:15 p.m. Saturday, July 15 in a grassy area near a runway at Martha’s Vineyard Airport. The aircraft, a 2006 Piper Meridian, departed from Westchester County Airport in White Plains earlier in the afternoon. The pilot and passenger are Connecticut residents. A preliminary investigation indicates that the woman took the controls after the…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near NY/CT Border New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near NY/CT Border
New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near NY/CT Border Click here for a new, updated story: IDs Released For Pilot, Passenger Killed In Small Plane Crash Near Westchester County Airport This story has been updated. Two people were killed when a small plane crashed near the New York/Connecticut border Thursday evening, Jan. 19, according to multiple reports.  Air traffic controllers lost radar and radio contact with the single-engine Beechcraft A36 at around 6:15 p.m., less than two miles from the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, according to the FAA. The pilot had contacted air traffic controllers to report possible engine troubl…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Nor'easter: Here Are Highest Reported Rainfall Totals, Wind Speeds From Throughout Region Nor'easter: Here Are Highest Reported Rainfall Totals, Wind Speeds From Throughout Region
Nor'easter: Here Are Highest Reported Rainfall Totals, Wind Speeds From Throughout Region A powerful Nor'easter that is now moving through New England brought even more rainfall than originally projected to the region, along with scattered flash flooding, and damaging wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour that led to thousands of power outages. Here are some of the highest reported rainfall totals from around the region on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and early in the morning on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from the National Weather Service: New York Saint James, Suffolk County, 5.35 inches, 8:03 p.m. Tuesday   Spring Valley, Rockland County, 5.06 inches, 8:08 p.m. Tuesday Mahopac, Putnam C…

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by Joe Lombardi