At least one dead after fifth fatal US plane crash within a week
A small plane carrying six people crashed into a muddy field in New York, killing at least one passenger.
When it crashed, the twin-engine plane had been heading towards Columbia County Airport, near Hudson, New York.
Officials have said the wet and snowy conditions have made response efforts difficult.
The Federal Aviation Authority and the National Transportation Safety Board will provide more information later today, it’s understood.
Columbia County’s Undersheriff Jacqueline Salvatore explained: ‘It’s in the middle of a field and it’s pretty muddy, so accessibility is difficult.’
No information has been released on the identities or conditions of the other passengers.
It marks the fourth US plane crash in the past week, after a helicopter plunged into the Hudson River in New York, wiping out a Spanish family of five.
At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York since 1977.
In 2019, five tourists were killed in 2018 after a helicopter flying with an open door – in order to take clearer pictures – crashed into the Hudson.
While the pilot was able to free himself and survived, the five victims, aged between 26 and 34, got stuck in the wreckage.
Yesterday, at least one person died after a small jet hit the ground near to Propwash Airport in Texas.
It is believed the pilot of the private jet, a 2019 experienced an issue with the small aircraft soon after take off from the airport.
Smoke billowed from the sky after the crash and a huge emergency response was present.
And an aircraft which had two people on board crashed into a holiday park on the Isle of Wight on Saturday.
Police were called at 2.23 pm on Saturday to reports that a light aircraft had crashed in Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park.
The plane had two people on board, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary added.
Two people suffered minor injuries in the incident near Bembridge, according to the local fire service.
Firefighters from Newport and Ryde were dispatched shortly before 2.30 pm and on arriving, found the aircraft ‘had suffered extensive damage from the impact and subsequent fire’, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Services said.
‘All occupants had safely exited the aircraft before emergency services arrived’, it added.
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