Small plane crashes in New Jersey
August 21st, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by BNO News ( Leave a comment )TETERBORO, New Jersey. (BNO NEWS) — Two people were injured when their small plane crashed near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on Friday morning, officials said.
The crash happened at approximately 3.20 a.m. local time when a small twin-engine plane carrying two people failed to land on its approach to the airport. The plane went past the airport, clipped a tree and landed in a grassy area just north of Route 46, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The two people on board were able to exit the plane and were transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries. A fire on the plane was put out by Port Authority responders and local firefighters.
The National Transportation Safety Board is on the scene to investigate the cause of the crash. No one on the ground was injured.
- Indian-American banker killed in New Jersey plane crash (Second Lead) - Dec 21, 2011
- Five killed as small plane crashes in US - Dec 21, 2011
- Indian-origin man among five dead in US plane crash (Lead) - Dec 21, 2011
- Five die in Los Angeles-area plane crash - Mar 17, 2011
- Indian American banker dies in US plane crash (Third Lead) - Dec 21, 2011
- Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing On New Jersey Highway - Feb 01, 2011
- Brazil plane crash leaves 16 dead - Jul 14, 2011
- Small plane crashes at Long Beach Airport in California - Mar 17, 2011
- Small passenger plane crashes in eastern Canada, killing 4 - Jan 12, 2012
- Plane crashes into homes near New Delhi, 10 killed - May 26, 2011
- Plane crash kills two in US - Aug 08, 2010
- At least 7 killed in plane accident in northern Iraq - Feb 05, 2011
- Five die in California small plane crash - Mar 17, 2011
- 16 killed in Brazil plane crash - Jul 13, 2011
- Gulf Air passenger plane skids off runway in southwest India - Aug 29, 2011
Tags: bno, crash, firefighters, friday morning, grassy area, local hospital, local time, national transportation safety, national transportation safety board, port authority of new york and new jersey, small plane crashes, teterboro new jersey, transportation safety board, twin engine plane
