At least 2 people on plane that crashed in Westchester County after leaving JFK airport: police

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WABC) – A local search and rescue operation is underground after a plane, carrying at least two people, lost contact with air traffic

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The unpowered Beechcraft A36 crashed after the pilot said he had engine trouble about a mile from Westchester County Airport in White Plains

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Westchester County police said there were at least humans on board the six-passenger plane.

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They said the plane left John F. Kennedy International Airport just before 5 p.m. And headed for the Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio.

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A call was made around 5:25 p.m. To Westchester County Airport to document low oil pressure. Five minutes later, police said the airport had lost contact

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Westchester County police said there were at least humans on board the six-passenger plane.

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WABC) – A local search and rescue operation is underground after a plane, carrying at least two people, lost contact with air traffic

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