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Connecticut plane crash: Four to six feared dead in East Haven | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Four to six people are feared dead after a small plane crashed into homes in the US state of Connecticut, accident investigators say. | |
The National Transportation Safety Board said there were casualty reports of two or three people in the aircraft and two or three on the ground. | |
Two children, aged one and 13, are feared dead in a house that was hit. | |
The plane took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and crashed near Connecticut's Tweed New Haven airport. | The plane took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and crashed near Connecticut's Tweed New Haven airport. |
Officials initially said three people were missing, including the pilot of the propeller plane. | |
Two homes in the town of East Haven caught fire in the crash. One witness said a woman was screaming that her children were trapped inside. | |
'Total devastation' | |
Two bodies have been spotted inside a home that the plane crashed into, East Haven Fire Chief Douglas Jackson said. | |
But the remains have not been removed yet as the property is unstable, he added. | |
"We haven't recovered anybody at this point and we presume there is going to be a very bad outcome," he said. | |
According to unconfirmed reports in US media, a former Microsoft executive, Bill Henningsgaard, and his son were aboard the aircraft. | |
The plane, a Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B, crashed at about 11:25 local time (15:25 GMT) as it approached the airport in rainy weather, say officials. | |
Tweed's airport manager said the pilot had been speaking to air traffic control, but did not issue any distress calls. | |
"All we know is that it missed the approach and continued on," said Lori Hoffman-Soares. "There were no distress calls as far as we know." | "All we know is that it missed the approach and continued on," said Lori Hoffman-Soares. "There were no distress calls as far as we know." |
According to local news reports, one of the houses was vacant and the other was the home of a mother with two children. | According to local news reports, one of the houses was vacant and the other was the home of a mother with two children. |
East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo described a scene of "total devastation", according to NBC News. | East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo described a scene of "total devastation", according to NBC News. |
Several emergency crews were dispatched to the scene. | Several emergency crews were dispatched to the scene. |