Authorities are investigating after a plane carrying six people crashed in a muddy field near Copake, New York, Saturday afternoon.
A Mitsubishi MU-2B aircraft en route to Columbia County Airport in Hudson, New York, crashed around 12:15 p.m. local time, as reported by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office vehicles responded to the scene. (WXXA)
Earlier on the same day, a Cessna 560XL had a rough landing and subsequently skidded off the runway end at Crossville Memorial Airport in Crossville, Tennessee, at approximately 8:15 a.m. local time, according to an FAA statement.
Five people were on board, though no injuries or fatalities have been confirmed.
As observed from Pier 40 in New York, law enforcement and firefighting teams from New York and New Jersey hurried to the incident scene on Thursday, where a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
The crashes come days after a Bell 206 L-4 helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday — killing all six onboard.
One pilot and five members of a family visiting from Spain, including Siemens executive Agustin Escobar; his wife, Mercè Camprubà Montal; and their three young children, were pulled from the water by divers and pronounced dead.
