NTSB investigates NY vintage plane crash that killed 2

NTSB investigates NY vintage plane crash that killed 2 | iNFOnews.ca
In this image from video provided by News 12 Long Island, a small plane sits in the brush at Frances S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, in Long Island. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, a Nation F, was carrying three people and practicing takeoffs and landings when it crashed into some trees around Sunday morning. (AP Photo/News 12, Long Island)

WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a vintage plane on Long Island that left two people dead and one injured.

The plane crashed just beyond a runway and burst into flames Sunday while practicing takeoffs and landings at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach.

Newsday (http://nwsdy.li/2lraJ65 ) says the lone survivor, Queens attorney Richard Rosenthal, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

He was struggling to get out of the plane when help arrived — National Guard members who’d been doing a training exercise nearby.

The rescuers could not reach the other two occupants because of the fire. Those victims’ names have not been released.

It’s not clear who was flying the plane when it crashed.

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Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com

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