Small Plane Crashes into Connecticut Home, 3 People Missing
Published August 09, 2013
Associated Press https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...67082892_n.jpg EAST HAVEN, Conn. – Connecticut officials say a small plane has crashed near an airport and that three people are missing, including two children inside a home that caught fire. East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo says the missing include the one person on the plane and two children in the house, ages 1 and 13. The city's fire chief, Douglas Jackson, says officials "presume there is going to be a very bad outcome." The Federal Aviation Administration says the multi-engine propeller-driven aircraft flew out of Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and crashed as it approached the Tweed New Haven Airport at 11:25 a.m. Friday. Officials say two homes caught fire in the crash. David Esposito, says he heard a woman screaming that her children were inside the burning home. He says he went inside with the woman but had to leave because of the fire. |
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