A small plane goes down in Chester County killing two on board. Sunday night aim walter perez. Shirleen alicott joins us in for sarah. The pilot and passenger were killed just after 1 30 this afternoon west goshen township not far from Senior Living facility. Crash happened two miles from Brandywine Airport where the pilot took off. Vernon odom joins us liver with the latest. Vernon west Goshen Police are not releasing names of those who pairished in todays crash. It was brisk and clear. A Beautiful Day for flying. The piper cherokee remains in the field where it crashed andrew drive and sanders lane covered by red tarp less than 2 miles from Brandywine Airport where the flight originated. It was observed by people in the area that the plane took off from Brandywine Airport and shortly after taking off the plane started to sputter and then basically took a nosedive and came in down in the woods behind us brad was traveling when he sought fire. Bunch of smoke and flames 20 feet up in th
Matt odonnell is off, nydia han joins us, lets go over to get answers from david murphy and karen rogers has the commute. Reporter its the winter that doesnt want to quit. We have temperatures above freezing. We have snow showers that will not last long. They will act like rain on the roads. Theres a batch in allentown and philadelphia and parts of south jersey the second one coming in, the farther south you go, the better chance you have of seeing rain. The wide view shows cloud cover around this morning we expect clouds and sun as we get on the other side of the massive cloud cover and dry air starts to build in. Temperatures are above freezing, 36 in philadelphia. 37 in wilmington. Of course, we were coolish yesterday, but a lot of areas got well into the 40s i would say. The ground not primed to take on much of the snow. 36 degrees in dover. 39 in wildwood. Closer to the freezing mark in allentown and reading. 38 degrees by 8 00 a. M. Noon, 49. 57 by 3 00 p. M. And hit a high of 58
34 in millville. All the temperatures across the board above freezing so just wet roads from the snow showers this morning. As we catch the bus this morning, cloudy skies maybe a snow shower around, temperatures in the mid to upper 30s between 6 and 8 00 a. M. Things get milder, we wind up at 40 at 9 00 a. M. 49 by noon. 57 by 3 00 p. M. The high of 58 will be right in there around 4 00 p. M. Before we dip back to 54. Sunshine returning as the day goes on. Karen we get milder air into the region before the end of the sevenday forecast but theres more chances of rain, details coming up. Youve got flash lights. Reporter we do, flashing lights we have an accident on the schuylkill expressway this is the schuylkill expressway at spring garden, eastbound traffic. Look how heavy it is at this hour were jammed from girard to spring garden, we have an accident with a vehicle facing sideways, it was blocking two right lanes but looks like its blocking one right lane, traffic is jammed on the sc
The coast in belmawr the second band is changing over to rain. A couple of light snowflakes in philadelphia. All surface temperatures are above freezing, this hadnt done anything other than produce wet roads. The showers down south pushing through south jersey during the morning rush hour. Theres the live view behind the cloud cover, were expecting clouds to break up later and return sunshine. 35 degrees in philadelphia. 36 in millville. 37 in wilmington. Definitely chilly enough for coats this morning. Mild enough to keep roads welt. Woman come back after a weekend kids. 35 degrees on your Storm Tracker 6 live app right now. Probably shooting up to 38 by 8 00 a. M. Noon 49. This afternoon it will be milder than yesterday. 57 by 3 00 p. M. High of 58 around 3 30 or 4 00 p. M. Windy, but milder than yesterday. Milder air later in the workweek but rain is coming too, ill have the details coming up. Reporter the snowshowers move through. Schuylkill expressway approaching Spring Garden str
Were learning more about that particular flight that occurred yesterday. Its commonly referred to as a check flight. The owner of the aircraft was aboard he is a qualified pilot and qualified pilot at the time and faa designated flight instructor. Its a routine event that went terribly wrong for some reason at 1 30 afternoon. Me and my daughter were driving down 202. We saw flames up behindment the retirement complex. Reporter it was not a building fire, instead it was a cherokee piper plane that crashed. Police along with investigators were back at the crash site. The question for the experts why did the roughly one ton single engine plane with two qualified pilots aboard fly and fall from the sky. Making their job more difficult the fire may have destroyed evidence that could help investigators to learn what went wrong. The plane departed on the check flight from the nearby Brandywine Airport and turned south when one witness told investigators he heard what sounderred like the engin