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Passenger Crash Lands Plane Departing From Westchester After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency Passenger Crash Lands Plane Departing From Westchester After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency
Passenger Crash Lands Plane Departing From Westchester 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
Lifestyle
Spoiler Alert: That Really Is Westchester Airport In Latest Episode Of HBO's 'Succession' Spoiler Alert: That Really Is Westchester Airport In Latest Episode Of HBO's 'Succession'
Spoiler Alert: That Really Is Westchester Airport In Latest Episode Of HBO's 'Succession' Is your jaw still on the floor from that shocking "Succession" twist on Episode 3 of Season 4 on Sunday night, April 9?  Well get ready to be stunned again: That wasn't actually Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, despite what was stated during the episode. The hit HBO show follows a feuding family attempting to gain control of a massive corporation and it features plenty of backstabbing and duplicity. Who knew it also applied to airports? The latest episode used the Bergen County airport as a key plot point for more scheming and skullduggery: The scenes at Teterboro Airport were actuall…

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by Sam Barron
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New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near Westchester Airport New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near Westchester Airport
New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near Westchester Airport 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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TSA Agents Stop Man From Bringing Loaded Gun On Flight In Westchester County Airport TSA Agents Stop Man From Bringing Loaded Gun On Flight In Westchester County Airport
TSA Agents Stop Man From Bringing Loaded Gun On Flight In Westchester County Airport A Hudson Valley man was caught trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a flight in the region. On Friday, Oct. 28, a Transportation Security Administration officer at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains was checking an Orange County man's belongings on the checkpoint X-ray machine’s monitor when they spotted the handgun, which was loaded with seven bullets, according to TSA officials.  Soon after this, Westchester County Police responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun, and detained the man for questioning, TSA officials said.  The man, a resident of Newburgh…

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by Ben Crnic
Weather
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