Ntsb, said that the plane was at about 6500 feet, had the pilot radioed air Traffic Control told them he was having engage problems engine problems and needed to return to West Hampton Beach airport, the plane lost altitude hitting lirr post at oyster bay road crossing on Hicksville Bethpage border. I did not realize what was going on, my coworker saw the plane upside down going ast the windy, he ran, he said that plane is going down call 911. Reporter the plane burst into flames, firefighters quickly responded. The pilot did not survive the crash, but the passenger, identified as Carl Giordano did and rushed to a local hospital some a small plane tried to land west of the road here clipped some of the Railroad Truck infrastructure. Reporter the ntsb said that pilot made the distress call at 7 47 in morning but by then it was too late, it covered the lirr Railroad Tracks and interrupted service, it was lucky no more lives were lost. There was no train at that point but the crossing was
The granddaughter of Actor Morgan Freeman stabbed to death on a street in manhattan. Tonight the actor is speaking out about his loss as the family awaits charges against the suspect. First, a nightmare for tomorrows commute. The lirr service is back up and running tonight after a plane crashed on the tracks. Good evening im sandra bookman. Im rob powers. Service was fully restored to the Ronkonkoma Branch tonight. Plenty of headaches for people tonight. The mta releasing new images. The plane was decimated and the pilot killed and his name has not been released. One person survived the crash. Mta crews worked into the night to fix the tracks. Josh einiger is live for us at penn station for more. Reporter from looking at the pictures you can get a look at how colossal it was for them to get things moving for tomorrow morning. Its pretty much back on schedule and just in the nick of time for the monday morning ride to work. The train started moving again after dark along the lirr busy m
Increasing the next several days, eventually a storm system will interact with that humidity and that could mean some heavy downpours later on in the week. We will detail that in your full accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Liz. Jeff, thank you. Following breaking news right now, two children seriously hurt after they were hit by a vehicle. This happened in new rochelle a short time ago. Police say the children were walking behind an Apartment Building when the accident happened. They are listed in serious condition at a local hospital. The crash is now under investigation. And another breaking story, this one in nearby larchmont, firefighters are at the scene of a huge fire that broke out this afternoon. Fast moving flames destroyed the salt shed inside a facility that is owned and operated by the state thruway authority. Newscopter 7 happened to be in the area and reached the fire soon after it broke out and before firefighters had even arrived. Fire is now being brought under
Antwan another fatal plane crash to tell you about this one on long island, the latest on the investigation. Hello i am antwan lewis. Christina i am Christina Park, plane just taken off from West Hampton Beach what a fantastic call failure mechanical failure sent it crashing to the lirr line. Antwan the crews spent the day clearing the tracks and making repairs, mta announced it is fully restored we get to stacy with more. Reporter service alongs ron cocoma suspended all day today, a lot of commuters and folks at mta breaking a big sigh of relief, that service is back on track, they are trying to figure out the cause of the crash on the track. Trains are back up and running after the mta raced to repair the railtracks before the morning commute, this is what the scene looked like this morning after a single engage plane crashed into single think engine plane crashed and burst into flames, luz and her coworker were in office across the street, when they saw plane fly die upside down. I
Belated birthday. I was watching fox 29 weekend and bus stop buddy made me a cake yesterday. I posted it on my facebook page, check it out. Dave warren said he had to turn the oven on for him because he is a a child but anyway, it was a a great day so thanks for all of you wishes on line, its was as you ol all of the social media stuff. It was a hot one yesterday. We will have another one today. We are starting off with 75 degrees. We have 76 percent relative humidity. That number will be going up. 6mile an hour breeze, were great full for that out of the southwest. 6 14 is your sunrise time. You are starting to notice difference, it is getting dark. Im sure you noticed that as well. The satellite radar nothing in the offing, we have to go all the way up to wisconsin, and, Upper Peninsula of michigan to find some rain, and eventually that cold front will make its way here but not today. Seventyfour in trenton. 70 degrees already in allentown. Seventythree reading. Sixtythree, and mount