National Transportation Safety Board Inspector Todd Gunther said pilot Monroe Smith, 67, and photographer Christopher Dougherty, 45, were returning to Northeast Philadelphia Airport after an assignment to take video of holiday light displays in the Smithville, New Jersey area.
The Dec. 12 meeting was part of a settlement between the township, the U.S. Department of Justice, the state Attorney General's Office and Agudath Israel that would make it easier for Orthodox Jewish schools to establish schools and dorms.
In a statement, the Maplewood Township Committee said parents were notified earlier in the week about an antisemitic message found scratched into the paint of a bathroom stall.