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Subscribe to RSSAuthorities say a small plane has plummeted into a residential neighborhood on New York's Long Island in a fiery crash, and one of the three people aboard has died.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the aircraft hit the ground shortly before noon Sunday near a residential area in Shirley, about a mile north of Brookhaven Calabro Airport.
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Suffolk County police say one person has died, and two others have been taken to Stony Brook University Medical Center with burns.
Their conditions aren't immediately available. The names of the people in the plane haven't been released, and it's not immediately clear whether the pilot is among the injured.
The FAA had no immediate information on the plane.
Witnesses say neighbors tried to douse the flames with fire extinguishers and garden hoses.
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the loss of life is sad.. but 3 lived & only 1 died..
..from a sign in minford ,,oh airport hangar seen years ago
quote """ there r old pilots & there r bold pilots but there r no old///bold pilots..."""
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Minford Ohio, Eh? I hate that area. I lived in Portsmouth, Oxycontin capital of the world
Mr. Bloomburg,
PLEASE, ban all personal aircraft, They are responsible for all aircraft accidents. No fly, No Die.
Another 1%er is dead, gee what a crying shame. To bad it didn't take out more
Pedro - another wonderful Occupy Wall Street liberal (careful what you say, mouth breather - Karma is a nasty thing to bite you back).
But you have to understand that these Occutards like "Pedro" sit back silently while the likes of Hollywood millionaire liberals like Madonna fly around the globe on THEIR private planes. As if this small aircraft was a $20 million private jet or something. More than likely it was a sub-$100k private propeller driven aircraft that cost no more than my neighbor's little 32-foot Class C RV.
But why let facts and reality like that upset a good bed wetting by OWS liberals like Pedro?
I cannot tell you how deeply this saddens me...back when I was living in Hampton Bays NY..brings back memories of the horrific airline crash in Westhampton Beach where so many lives were lost....prayers go out to the families of those who died in this crash...
Jim now just remember 1 out of 4 people died in that crash that's still 25% of the people on the plane. How would you like those odes if you where on a plane?
And truss me if i where you i would not like those odes at all.
And I bet if you asked people the same thing they would agree with me. 90 out of 100.
it says 1 out of 3 people died, heart goes out PIC , that person takes full responsability.
How sad. My prayers to the injured and the survivors of the dead.
i heard a missile was seen striking the plane before it plummeted and crashed.
I guess from my point of view that if it really plummeted, all would have been killed. It is sad that anyone died, but then again, how many died in automobile accidents that aren't major news?
For all of you conspiracy theorists out there just remember the US coast guard escorted a guided missle frigate to port that lost it's electrical power only an hour after TWA 800 crashed. Interesting how that was never made public until about a year ago
At least it took out a 1%er. The only sad part is it didn't take out more.
I just farted. My autistic nephew is laughing his arse off. I'm such a good uncle!
What a catastrophic event!!!
8 jim of ohio...If there are NO old, bold pilots, then how does one explain the likes of Chuck Yeager, Neil Armstrong, Charles Lindberg (died at age 72 from lymphoma) and so many other world renown bold aviators and astronauts?