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Small Plane From Westchester County Airport Crashes Onto HS Baseball Field Small Plane From Westchester County Airport Crashes Onto HS Baseball Field
Small Plane From Westchester County Airport Crashes Onto HS Baseball Field A pilot and passenger were injured and hospitalized when a small plane flying out of Westchester County Airport lost power and crashed onto a baseball field in Connecticut. Connecticut State Police troopers responded to the Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden shortly before 7:20 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, after the four-seater, single-engine plane went down on state property. According to police investigators, the airplane lost power and clipped a high tension wire, causing a “significant” loss of power throughout the city. The pilot was transported by ambulance to Saint Mary’s Hospita…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Four-Seat Airplane Forced To Make Emergency Landing At Danbury Airport Four-Seat Airplane Forced To Make Emergency Landing At Danbury Airport
Four-Seat Airplane Forced To Make Emergency Landing At Danbury Airport A four-seat airplane was forced to make an emergency landing late Sunday morning at the Danbury Airport and both the pilot and passenger managed to avoid suffering injuries. At approximately 11:34 a.m., Danbury Fire and EMS units were dispatched to the airport on a report of an aircraft with an in-flight emergency. The Piper Warrior apparently had a problem with its left side landing gear while performing practice landings on the runway, according to James Gagliardo, public information officer of the Danbury Fire Department. Car 30 Deputy Chief Steve Williams responded to the scene along w…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Lear Jet In Trouble Over NJ Lands Safely At Stewart Airport Lear Jet In Trouble Over NJ Lands Safely At Stewart Airport
Lear Jet In Trouble Over NJ Lands Safely At Stewart Airport A Lear jet that had problems with the nose landing gear diverted safely from New Jersey to Stewart Airport in Orange County late Thursday morning, authorities said. The troubled jet landed just before noon at the public/military airport nearly 57 miles north of Teterboro, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Hasbrouck Heights firefighters and Port Authority responders were at Teterboro Airport as the jet, with five people aboard, began circling to burn off fuel around 10:30 a.m., Pentangelo said. The decision was made soon after to head to Stewart, where, as pilot Josep…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Info, ID Of Pilot Released After Crash That Killed Westchester Family New Info, ID Of Pilot Released After Crash That Killed Westchester Family
New Info, ID Of Pilot Released After Crash That Killed Westchester Family Click here for an updated story: Second US Family ID'd In Crash That Killed Five From Westchester New information, including the identity of the pilot, has emerged after a charter plane crash that claimed the lives of 12, including all five members of a Westchester family, on Sunday afternoon in northwestern Costa Rica. The five victims from the Scarsdale family were 50-year-old Bruce Steinberg, 51-year-old Irene Steinberg and their teenage sons, Matthew, William and Zachary. The five other passengers killed were also American citizens. Their names have not yet been released by the State…

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by Joe Lombardi