The aircraft, which was carrying two people, landed safely at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after the rear door fell off above suburban Cheektowaga, officials said.
The stretch of Ocean Parkway where bodies were found, including those linked to the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heurmann, is hidden by thick overgrowth that made it ideal to hide the remains of victims.
On Monday, police continued to seek any evidence in the killings at 59-year-old Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home and two storage units in the area.