Well have traffic and weather in just a moment. First, a Small Plane Crash lands on a residential street in bay port long island. The pilot and passenger hurt but police say could have been much worse. We have more from Stony Brook University hospital. Both the pilot and passenger came here after the plane crashing down to the ground on fire, but are injured but are alive. Their survival is being described as as miraculous. The plane cam crashing to the ground narrowly missing homes and businesses. He stalled came back in and hit the first poll, twisted and stuff. And one passenger took off headed from up state new york around 7 p. M. Sunday after gaining altitude trouble. The pilot attempted to turn back but never made it. The small plane falling from the sky breaking through branches, clipping a utility poll catching fire on impact. We are in our house and heard a big crash, looked out thewindow and saw a big dark cloud of smoke rising into the air it was kind of short, didnt linger.
Come seek the royal caribbean. Adventures starting from 799. Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in new york city this is cbs2 news. Right now a developing story on long island. A plane down on a residential street narrowly missing homes and people. The aftermath, the investigation, and the problem the pilot encountered moments before impact. Good evening. I am cindy hsu. The pilot and passenger of the plane are in the hospital today as investigators try to piece together what went wrong. The piper 2Odell Beckham crashed. Cbs2s Scott Rapoport is at the scene with more on this develop story. Reporter a harrowing scene here in this bayport neighborhood. You can see the damage, and Authorities Say its a miracle no one here was killed. Mangled and charred, the singleengine piper 2Odell Beckham came down from the sky, neighborhood on 2nd street and 3rd avenue, bursting into flames before startled witnesses. I was looking out my window and it stalled. He turned around and came back in and wen
Use this United States attorney asking questions. Two businessmen served on the inag recall committee of the mayor and donated or raised money for him. The feds are questioning members of the real estate via about donations enlisted by deblasio, and as the feds pay to play investigation proceeds, there is new information about former nypd chief of department phillip banks. Financial disclosure forms showed that while he was still in the department he got a payment of between 250,000 and 500,000 from j sr capital from an investment banks made with the businessman saying it was legal and above board. Not one single dollar earned by mr. Banks while a member of the pd or subsequent to his retire the Police Commissioner said that although four top commanders have been removed in their post he hasnt ruled out taking additional action. The investigation is ongoing. We will have to see where it goes. Bankers Financial Disclosure forms shows he has hundreds of thousands in other investments, mu
Were going to start with the plane crash on long island. It is the third one in Suffolk County in as many months. It is amazing that the two men on board survived this and nobody on the ground was hurt. The piper had just taken off from the Bay Port Aerodrome when it went down on the street. Reporter the wreckage is still there on that residential street behind my. Thats third avenue. You can see the firefighters are still on scene tonight, combing over what is left over. And yes, miraculous is exactly what the Police Commissioner called it tonight. Part of the reason the men were rescued so quickly, local emts live in the neighborhood and rushed out of their homes to pull those men from the plane. The mangled plane lies flipped upside down, an ash and mess inside this residential block tonight. It is the crash sceneareft behind after investigators say fell from the sky this evening. I was looking out the win die, he stalled and he came down. The pole twisted around, landed and went on
Now. Were heading up from that. You can see in the day planner, lofts clouds in the city. Sporadic showers throughout the day. A big jump over the weekend. Up to 58 degrees. Breezy throughout the day and tracking a few showers on and off later on for your evening commute as well. The school day forecast coming up in a few minutes. Lauren scala is here with a look at the commute. Hey, raphi. Weve had problems out there. Lirr had the Port Washington branch suspended between penn station and flushing main street. Rvice has been restored. You can expect delays out there. Had nj transit subject to 15minute delayx because of weekend track work. All good news from here. A livlme look at the lon island expressway by the Grand Central parkway. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Thank you very much. Lauren, police are investigating a shooting near the new jersey person dead. NTracie Strahan is in newark with what we know so far. Tracie . Reporter michael, a lot of details coming