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One particular person has died after a aircraft, used for skydiving, crashed in Niagara County, New York on Saturday, reported CNN. Following the incident, New York officers launched an investigation on Saturday.
The only-engine Cessna 208B, a aircraft that was used for skydiving, crashed close to Lake Highway close to Youngstown, New York, shortly earlier than 1 pm, the Federal Aviation Administration stated in an announcement.
The aeroplane from the Skydive the Falls skydiving centre had launched all divers and was heading again to land when it crashed, in line with a information launch from the Niagara County Sheriff’s Workplace on Saturday, as reported by CNN.
A spokesperson for the FAA, Tammy L. Jones, stated that the pilot, who was the one particular person on board, was conducting parachute operations previous to the crash.
Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless unclear what number of divers had been on board earlier than the crash, Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti stated at a information convention on Saturday.
Later, a brush hearth additionally reportedly started across the crash web site, in line with the discharge.
The preliminary responding crew needed to put out “a big hearth at that time,” Filicetti stated.
The sheriff referred to as the aircraft crash “an unlucky incident” and added that native and federal regulation enforcement companions are working to find out what led to the crash.
“Effectively, I feel that is like some other emergency-type incident…You get right here, you need to attempt to protect life. Sadly, on this case, we could not try this,” Filicetti stated.
A Nationwide Transportation Security Board investigator is anticipated to be travelling to the crash web site on Saturday, NTSB spokesperson Peter Knudson advised CNN.
The investigator will additional doc the aeroplane wreckage, which is able to then be moved to a safe facility for additional analysis, Knudson talked about.
The investigation will contain three main areas, together with, the pilot, the plane and the working atmosphere, CNN reported.
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