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发帖数: 24887 | 1 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/victims_in_i-287_plane
MORRIS TOWNSHIP — At least five people — three adults and two children —
have died after a small plane crashed on Interstate 287 outside of Morris
Township, according to State Police. A dog aboard the plane also was killed.
There were no survivors, said State Police spokesman Lt. Stephen Jones.
On board the private single-engine turbo-prop, according to a press release
from a New York City investment bank, Greenhill & Co., were two of its
managing directors, Jeffrey F. Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, both
from New York City.
The company said the aircraft “belonged to Mr. Buckalew, an experienced
pilot whose passion was flying,” and that Buckalew’s wife, Corinne, and
their two children, Jackson and Meriwether, were also on board.
The wreckage created a debris field that was approximately a half-mile wide,
said Jones, who added that police are trying to relocate pieces of the
plane to re-open the highway.
John Moran, who lives on Trent Court, ran to the scene when he heard the
explosion shortly after 10 a.m. and saw that the cockpit of a single-engine,
turbo prop had broken off and disintegrated.
"It was carnage," Moran said, describing a scene of chaos and devastation,
with luggage and pieces of the plane strewn across the woods that hug Rt.
287 in both directions.
"If you didn't know what you were looking at, you'd think it was just a pile
of rubble," he said.
Moran tried to reach the passengers inside the wreckage but quickly realized
there was nothing he could do.
"They were literally just pulled apart," he said. "It was just horrible."
FAA spokesman Jim Peters says plane, registered to Cool Stream, LLC of New
York City, had departed from nearby Teterboro Airport when it disappeared
from radar. The Socata TBM-700 was headed for for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport
in Atlanta when it apparently lost contact with a Federal Aviation
Administration radio tower in New York, according to FAA spokesman Jim
Peters.
Neighbors reported hearing a sound like an engine revving, then a loud
whistling sound, like that of an incoming mortar, and finally the boom of
the crash.
"It shook the house," said Camilla Sivertsson, who lives on James Street.
The plane appeared to nosedive and disintegrate as it fell toward 287,
crashing near the entrance ramp on Harter Lane and exploding in a ball of
flames.
"You could see the fire come up above the sound wall," said Chris
Alexopoulos.
No one on the ground has apparently been injured
Shona Sternberg of Hillsborough was about three cars behind where the plane,
coming from the west, smacked into the highway.
"There was a lot of fire and big black smoke," she said. "I could smell
burning, burnt rubber. You see something happening, you know it's going to
crash and you can't do anything."
Sternberg, was on her way to Madison traveling north on 287 when she called
from the scene. She said the plane looked like it was in trouble before it
crashed.
"Something was breaking off the plane as it was coming down. It was coming
down fast. It looked like the right wing was breaking off."
Scotch Plains resident John Dausen was driving down 287 when he saw the
Socata "lightly spiraling" as it slammed into the highway this morning.
Dausen did not see any smoke coming from the plane, but said the shock of
the impact caused people to jump out of their cars on the highway.
"People were panicking," said Dausen, 43. “I was pretty shocked.”
The New Jersey Department of Transportation's accident alert website is
reporting all lanes of the highway are closed and commuters in the area
should expect extensive delays.
State Police say the shoulders are being used to let vehicles through. | L*****G
发帖数: 12375 | 2 小飞机貌似不安全。
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: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/victims_in_i-287_plane
: MORRIS TOWNSHIP — At least five people — three adults and two children —
: have died after a small plane crashed on Interstate 287 outside of Morris
: Township, according to State Police. A dog aboard the plane also was killed.
: There were no survivors, said State Police spokesman Lt. Stephen Jones.
: On board the private single-engine turbo-prop, according to a press release
: from a New York City investment bank, Greenhill & Co., were two of its
: managing directors, Jeffrey F. Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, both
: from New York City.
: The company said the aircraft “belonged to Mr. Buckalew, an experienced
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发帖数: 24887 | 3 "On board the private single-engine turbo-prop, according to a press release
from a New York City investment bank, Greenhill & Co., were two of its
managing directors, Jeffrey F. Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, both
from New York City." | D*V
发帖数: 3096 | 4 最近除了好几期啊
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【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/victims_in_i-287_plane
: MORRIS TOWNSHIP — At least five people — three adults and two children —
: have died after a small plane crashed on Interstate 287 outside of Morris
: Township, according to State Police. A dog aboard the plane also was killed.
: There were no survivors, said State Police spokesman Lt. Stephen Jones.
: On board the private single-engine turbo-prop, according to a press release
: from a New York City investment bank, Greenhill & Co., were two of its
: managing directors, Jeffrey F. Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, both
: from New York City.
: The company said the aircraft “belonged to Mr. Buckalew, an experienced
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