[ad_1]
Coast Guard vessels continued to search for survivors Sunday morning after a small private plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Hamptons on Saturday after taking off from Connecticut.
"It's still an ongoing search and rescue operation," Coast Guard spokesman Steve Strohmaier said shortly before 7:30 pm
He added that the research teams would meet this morning in Quogue to review the situation.
The authorities have not disclosed the identity of the three persons who, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, were on board the twin-engine Piper PA-34 bound for Charleston, South Carolina, which is located in the area. is crushed about a kilometer from Quogue.
Only small pieces of the plane, which can accommodate seven people, have been found, officials said.
A Coast Guard official said Saturday that Southampton police divers were participating in the effort. He added that the coastguards used a sonar to scan the seabed in search of the fuselage.
New line added / kp A 27-meter Coast Guard patrol boat is expected to continue overnight searches on Saturday, officials said.
The FAA has announced that it will investigate and that the National Transportation Safety Board "would determine the probable cause of the accident".
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, gathered near the Quogue Beach Club. for search and rescue efforts.
The plane started Saturday morning from Connecticut's Waterbury-Oxford airport. He landed at the Danbury Municipal Airport before taking off again, said Alisa D. Sisic, spokesperson for the Connecticut Airport Authority. The plane was destined for the Charleston Executive Airport, the FAA announced.
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.
The plane crashed 5 km southeast of Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, the FAA announced.
Quogue 's John Morgan said his 24 – year – old son, Tyler Morgan, was golfing with friends at the nearby Quogue Field Club, when he saw the plane go by. to 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.
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 plane crashed 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 driver lost control of the twin-engine Piper Navajo, according to an initial NTSB report 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.
With Jean-Paul Salamanca, Khristopher Brooks and Laura Blasey
David Schwartz covers the government and politics of Suffolk. Originally from Long Islander, he has been working at Newsday since 2013.
Source link
