Authorities: the body is found after the crash of a small plane near Hamptons

A small private plane that took off from Connecticut on Saturday morning crashed into the ocean off the Hamptons, causing an air and sea search for three people on board, officials said.

One person's body was found, but authorities estimate that two others are still missing after the twin-engine Piper PA-34 accommodating up to seven people crashed about a kilometer from Quogue.

"The search and recovery is continuing at this stage," said Christopher Isola, police chief of the village of Quogue, at a press conference held shortly before 5 pm. "The Coast Guard and other marine assets will continue this effort."

A spokesman for the Coast Guard said that he was using a sonar to scan the seabed in search of the fuselage.

The cause of the accident was not known, said Isola, and the identity of the recovered victim was not confirmed. The Coast Guard said three people were on the plane.

911 calls from surfers who reported seeing the plane collapse and crashed just before 11 am brought a large number of first responders to Dune Road, who gathered near the airport. Quogue Beach Club late in the afternoon for search and rescue efforts in wrecks and oil reflections. l & # 39; Atlantic.
The flight began Saturday morning when the plane left the Connecticut's Waterbury-Oxford airport to land at Danbury's municipal airport before taking off again, said Alisa D. Sisic, a spokeswoman. word of authority at the Connecticut Airport.
911 calls began arriving at 10:59, and a Coast Guard spokesman said he saw the plane break in two. According to the National Weather Service, there was light rain and winds of about 10 mph in the area at that time.
First responders have discovered "what appears to be airplane parts" in the waters, said Southampton Town Police Chief Steven Skrynecki.
John Morgan, of Quogue, said his 24-year-old son, Tyler Morgan, was golfing with friends at the nearby Quogue Field Club, when he saw the plane crush .
"They saw it in the air and they just saw it coming down," said John Morgan, who went to the beach after the accident and saw several boats from research on water.
Quogue Police, Fire Department, State Police, Suffolk County Police, Southampton Police and Bay Officers, Police and Fire Fighters Westhampton Beach Village , sheriffs from Suffolk County, Coast Guard, a commercial rescue team with a dive team and the National Guard, among others, responded.
"There are like all the agencies in the world here," said Quogue Mayor Peter Sartorius, noting that Dune Road was closed at the Quogue Bridge.
The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that a "plane crashed in the water about three miles south-southeast" from Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board should review the plane once it has been recovered.
Earlier this year, plane crashes killed five people in Long Island. On May 30, two days after Memorial Day, a pilot died when his World War II aircraft fell into a wooded area of ​​Melville. On June 2, a small plane crashed off Amagansett during a storm, causing four casualties on board.
Hampton Bays' Jon Dollard pilot has lost control of the twin-engine Piper Navajo, according to an initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board released in July. Dollard, 47, was carrying passengers Ben and Bonnie Krupinski, both 70, and their grandson, William Maerov, 22, all of whom are based in East Hampton, Newport State Airport. Rhode Island, at East Hampton Airport.
The wreckage was discovered about one kilometer south of the Indian Wells beach, submerged in 50 feet of water, according to the report.
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