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Update: Small Plane Crash Lands On NY Highway; Troopers Seeking Witness Video Update: Small Plane Crash Lands On NY Highway; Troopers Seeking Witness Video
Update: Small Plane Crash Lands On NY Highway; Troopers Seeking Witness Video This story has been updated. A small plane was forced to make a crash landing on a Long Island highway. Emergency crews were called at around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, after the single-engine Cherokee Archer landed on the eastbound right shoulder of the Southern State Parkway near exit 33 in Babylon. Two people who were onboard the aircraft were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to New York State Police. No vehicles were involved and there were no other reports of injuries, though additional medics were called to the scene after a man who witnessed the…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Plane En Route From Martha's Vineyard To Montauk Crashes At Fishers Island Plane En Route From Martha's Vineyard To Montauk Crashes At Fishers Island
Plane En Route From Martha's Vineyard To Montauk Crashes At Fishers Island Three people on board a small plane en route from Martha's Vineyard escaped injury after it crashed on Long Island. The incident happened around 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 at Fishers Island Airport in Suffolk County. The plane, a Piper PA32 single engine, was traveling to Montauk when the aircraft began to have engine troubles, according to New York State Police.  The pilot attempted an emergency landing at Fishers Island Airport and crashed just prior to the runway. There was a pilot and two passengers on the plane and no one was injured, said police. This incident is under inve…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Mom Killed, Daughter Hurt In Plane Crash On Long Island Were Fulfilling Lifelong Flying Dream Mom Killed, Daughter Hurt In Plane Crash On Long Island Were Fulfilling Lifelong Flying Dream
Mom Killed, Daughter Hurt In Plane Crash On Long Island Were Fulfilling Lifelong Flying Dream A woman who was killed and a daughter who was injured when a small plane crashed on Long Island were fulfilling a lifelong flying dream. Roma Gupta, age 63, of Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, died, while her daughter, Reeva Gupta, age 33, of St. Davids in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, remains in critical condition following the crash in North Lindenhurst on Sunday, March 5. The plane’s pilot, New York City resident Fayzul Chowdhury, 23, of the Bronx, also remains in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital.  Earlier report: IDs Released For Woma…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Plane Diverted To Bradley Airport After In-Flight Issue, Officials Say Plane Diverted To Bradley Airport After In-Flight Issue, Officials Say
Plane Diverted To Bradley Airport After In-Flight Issue, Officials Say A plane had to make an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport, an official said. The incident took place just before 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 at the airport located in Hartford County, in the Town of Windsor Locks. An iAero Airways aircraft was diverted to Bradley after reporting an issue in flight. said Ryan Tenny, a spokesman for the Connecticut Airport Authority. "The flight landed safely at approximately 9:25 a.m. and there is no impact to airport operations," Tenny said. Tenny did not confirm why the airplane needed to be diverted. iAero Airways did not return re…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Emergency Landing Prompts Donald Trump To Ask For Donations To Get A New Plane Emergency Landing Prompts Donald Trump To Ask For Donations To Get A New Plane
Emergency Landing Prompts Donald Trump To Ask For Donations To Get A New Plane Former President Donald Trump is rallying his supporters for what he believes is another good cause: getting him a new private plane. On Saturday, March 5, Trump’s personal plane was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans a half-hour after taking off from Louisiana after speaking at a Republican National Party event. Earlier story - Trump Plane With Ex-President Aboard Forced To Make Emergency Landing, Report Says Trump was only in the air for minutes when one of the engines failed, forcing the emergency landing. He later got back to Florida at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, March 6 …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Trump Plane With Ex-President Aboard Forced To Make Emergency Landing, Report Says Trump Plane With Ex-President Aboard Forced To Make Emergency Landing, Report Says
Trump Plane With Ex-President Aboard Forced To Make Emergency Landing, Report Says Former President Donald Trump’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing following a recent rally, according to multiple reports. Politico first reported that on Saturday, March 5, Trump spoke at a Republican National Committee donor retreat at a New Orleans, hotel but his flight to his destination was short lived. Trump’s plane was reportedly in the air for less than a half hour before one of the engines failed on the former president’s private plane, and the pilot opted to turn around and return to the New Orleans airport. At the time of the unscheduled landing, Trump had been retu…

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by Zak Failla
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Fairfield County Park Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Fairfield County Park
Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Fairfield County Park A small plane had to make an emergency landing in a Fairfield County park. At approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, first responders in Bridgeport responded to a stretch of Seaside Park, where a pilot was forced to make an emergency landing due to an unexpected loss of fuel, officials said. Crews from the Bridgeport fire and police departments, as well as American Medical Response, were all dispatched to the scene, with federal and state authorities reportedly on the way to assist in the investigation. Police said that the incident remains active as of 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. …

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by Zak Failla