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Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat
Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat Reports of a small plane crash along the Jersey Shore Tuesday, May 7 turned out to be nothing at all, police said. Barnegat police received an "unconfirmed report" of a small aircraft crash on Tuesday, May 7, the department said in a Facebook post at 3:53 p.m., bringing multiple agencies to the scene. Just more than two hours later, police said "no evidence of an aircraft in distress was found." Stafford Police dispatch had gotten a report from Joint Base McGuire indicating the reception of a single Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal in the area of western Barnegat, police clarifie…

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by Chris Spiker & Cecilia Levine
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Two Dead In Plane Crash Near Westchester Airport Two Dead In Plane Crash Near Westchester Airport
Two Dead In Plane Crash Near Westchester Airport The identities have been released of two people who were killed after a small plane crashed near Westchester County Airport. The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 near the airport in White Plains. The wreckage of the single-engine Beechcraft A36 was found just west of the airport near Rye Lake (marked in red in the image above). The two were en route from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens to a small regional airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio, near Cleveland, reportedly to attend a funeral. The men have been identified as Cleveland residents Baruch Taub and Be…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Pilot In Fiery Residential NJ Crash Climbed Out Of Cockpit, Waited For First Responders: Report Pilot In Fiery Residential NJ Crash Climbed Out Of Cockpit, Waited For First Responders: Report
Pilot In Fiery Residential NJ Crash Climbed Out Of Cockpit, Waited For First Responders: Report The pilot of a small plane that crashed in a residential New Jersey town on Monday, April 4, climbed out of the cockpit and stood on the street, waiting on first responders, NJ Advance Media reports. The 53-year-old pilot from North Carolina was treated for minor injuries and released from the hospital as of Tuesday, April 5, the outlet says citing local police. The single-engine Mooney M20M went down in a yard at the corner of Griesheimer and Main streets in Manville around 1 p.m. The crash-landing location is just north of Central Jersey Regional Airport, the FAA said.  Posted by Ma…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Small Plane Crash Lands In Somerset County Small Plane Crash Lands In Somerset County
Small Plane Crash Lands In Somerset County A small plane crashed outside of a home in Somerset County Monday, April 4. The single-engine Mooney M20M went down in a yard at the corner of Griesheimer and Main streets in Manville around 1 p.m. The crash-landing location is just north of Central Jersey Regional Airport, the FAA said. The number of people on board was not known as of 3:15 p.m. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Search Crews Find No Evidence Of LBI Plane Crash Search Crews Find No Evidence Of LBI Plane Crash
Search Crews Find No Evidence Of LBI Plane Crash A water search and rescue was canceled about 90 minutes after a small plane was reported crashed off the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The aircraft's suspected crash occurred about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, about a mile offshore from Long Beach Island, reports said. An unconfirmed report, about an hour after the sighting, said air and water rescue reams had not located an aircraft. Among the search teams were U.S. Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police helicopters and local firefighters on boats and jet skis.  “We have received a report of a plane crash off Long Beach Island,” the Coas…

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by Jon Craig