outside of Aspen that claimed the lives of two New York residents Saturday.
“The aircraft crashed in remote mountainous terrain. We are determining how best to access the crash site,” Jennifer Gabris, spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said Monday in an email to The Aspen Times.
A ground team from Mountain Rescue Aspen, working with a helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard in Gypsum, located the wreckage and victims Sunday in response to a call earlier in the morning from a person who reported the flight overdue.
The bodies of both victims presumably identified as Ruben Cohen and David Zara were recovered as well.
Two NYC Professionals Dead In Private Plane Crash Near Aspen
07/06/21 AT 1:39 AM Representation. Two NYC residents, including a professional pilot, were killed in a private plane crash near Aspen on Saturday. Photo: Pixabay
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The victims and the plane wreckage were located Sunday
A similar crash claimed the life of a Challenger co-pilot in 2014
An investigation has been launched after a private plane crash in the Midway Pass area in Aspen killed two New York residents Saturday.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators were in the initial stages Monday of looking into the cause of the airplane crash in the remote mountainous terrain.
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